Alpha-conotoxin peptides

ABSTRACT

The invention relates to relatively short peptides (termed α-conotoxins herein), about 10-30 residues in length, which are naturally available in minute amounts in the venom of the cone snails or analogous to the naturally available peptides, and which preferably include two disulfide bonds.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

The present application is a division of U.S. patent application Ser.No. 09/493,795 filed 28 Jan. 2000. U.S. patent application Ser. No.09/493,795 is related to and claims priority under 35 U.S.C. § 119(e) toU.S. provisional patent application Ser. No. 60/118,381, filed 29 Jan.1999. Each application is incorporated herein by reference.

This invention was made with Government support under Grant No. PO1GM48677 awarded by the National Institute of General Medical Sciences,National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md. The United StatesGovernment has certain rights in the invention.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to relatively short peptides (termed α-conotoxinsherein), about 10-30 residues in length, which are naturally availablein minute amounts in the venom of the cone snails or analogous to thenaturally available peptides, and which preferably include two disulfidebonds.

The publications and other materials used herein to illuminate thebackground of the invention, and in particular, cases to provideadditional details respecting the practice, are incorporated byreference, and for convenience are referenced in the following text byauthor and date and are listed alphabetically by author in the appendedbibliography.

The predatory cone snails (Conus) have developed a unique biologicalstrategy. Their venom contains relatively small peptides that aretargeted to various neuromuscular receptors and may be equivalent intheir pharmacological diversity to the alkaloids of plants or secondarymetabolites of microorganisms. Many of these peptides are among thesmallest nucleic acid-encoded translation products having definedconformations, and as such, they are somewhat unusual. Peptides in thissize range normally equilibrate among many conformations. Proteinshaving a fixed conformation are generally much larger.

The cone snails that produce these peptides are a large genus ofvenomous gastropods comprising approximately 500 species. All cone snailspecies are predators that inject venom to capture prey, and thespectrum of animals that the genus as a whole can envenomate is broad. Awide variety of hunting strategies are used; however, every Conusspecies uses fundamentally the same basic pattern of envenomation.

Several peptides isolated from Conus venoms have been characterized.These include the α-, μ- and ω-conotoxins which target nicotinicacetylcholine receptors, muscle sodium channels, and neuronal calciumchannels, respectively (Olivera et al., 1985). Conopressins, which arevasopressin analogs, have also been identified (Cruz et al.. 1987). Inaddition, peptides named conantokins have been isolated from Conusgeographus and Conus tulipa (Mena et al., 1990; Haack et al., 1990).

The α-conotoxins are small peptides highly specific for neuromuscularjunction nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (Gray et al., 1981; Marshalland Harvey, 1990; Blount et al., 1992; Jacobsen et al., 1997) or highlyspecific for neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (Fainzilber etal., 1994; Johnson et al., 1995; Cartier et al., 1996; Luo et al.,1998). The α-conotoxins with specificity for neuromuscular junctionnicotinic acetylcholine receptors are used as neuromuscular blockingagents for use in conjunction with surgery, as disclosed in U.S. patentapplication Ser. No. 09/488,799, filed 21 Jan. 2000, incorporated byreference herein. Additional α-conotoxins and uses for them have beendescribed in U.S. Pat. No. 4,447,356 (Olivera et al., 1984); U.S. Pat.Nos. 5,432,155; 5,514,774, each incorporated herein by reference.

Additional uses for α-conotoxins are described in U.S. Ser. No.09/219,446, filed 22 Dec. 1998, incorporated herein by reference. Inthis application, α-conotoxins with specificity for neuronal nicotinicacetylcholine receptors are used for treating disorders regulated atneuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Such disorders include, butare not limited to, cardiovascular disorders, gastric motilitydisorders, urinary incontinence, nicotine addiction, mood disorders(such as bipolar disorder, unipolar depression, dysthymia and seasonaleffective disorder) and small cell lung carcinoma, as well as thelocalization of small cell lung carcinoma.

It is desired to provide additional α-conotoxin peptides having uses asdescribed herein.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to relatively short peptides (termed α-conotoxinsherein), about 10-30 residues in length, which are naturally availablein minute amounts in the venom of the cone snails or analogous to thenaturally available peptides, and which preferably include two disulfidebonds.

More specifically, the present invention is directed to α-conotoxinpeptides having the general formula I:

Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₃-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Xaa₆-Xaa₇-Xaa₈-Xaa₉-Cys-Xaa₁₀-Xaa₁₁-Xaa₁₂-Cys-Xaa₁₃(SEQ ID NO1:), wherein Xaa₁ is des-Xaa₁, Ile, Leu or Val; Xaa₂ isdes-Xaa₂, Ala or Gly; Xaa₃ is des-Xaa₃, Gly, Trp (D or L), neo-Trp,halo-Trp or any unnatural aromatic amino acid; Xaa₄ is des-Xaa₄, Asp,Phe, Gly, Ala, Glu, γ-carboxy-Glu (Gla) or any unnatural aromatic aminoacid; Xaa₅ is Glu, Gla, Asp, Ala, Thr, Ser, Gly, Ile, Tyr, nor-Tyr,mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr orany unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₆ is Ser, Thr, Arg,ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys,N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid; Xaa₇ is Asp, Glu,Gla, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys,N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid; Xaa₈ is Ser, Thr,Asn, Ala, Gly, Arg, Lys, ornithine, homoarginine, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basic amino acid,His, halo-His, Pro or hydroxy-Pro; Xaa₉ is Thr, Ser, Ala, Asp, Asn, Pro,hydroxy-Pro, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid;Xaa₁₀ is Gly, Ser, Thr, Ala, Asn, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₁₁ is Gln, Leu, His, halo-His, Trp (D or L),halo-Trp, neo-Trp, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr,O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine,Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnaturalbasic amino acid or any unnatural aromatic amino acid; Xaa₁₂ is Asn,His, halo-His, Ile, Leu, Val, Gln, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₁₃ is des-Xaa₁₃, Val, Ile, Leu, Arg, ornithine,homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lysor any unnatural basic amino acid. The C-terminus may contain a freecarboxyl group or an amide group. The halo is chlorine, bromine oriodine, preferably iodine for Tyr and His and preferably bromine forTrp. The Cys residues may be in D or L configuration and may optionallybe substituted with homocysteine (D or L). The Tyr residues may besubstituted with the 3-hydroxyl or 2-hydroxyl isomers and correspondingO-sulpho- and O-phospho-derivatives. The acidic amino acid residues maybe substituted with any synthetic acidic bioisoteric amino acidsurrogate, e.g., tetrazolyl derivatives of Gly and Ala.

More specifically, the present invention is directed to α-conotoxinpeptides having the general formula II:

Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₃-Xaa₄-Cys-Cys-Xaa₅-Xaa₆-Xaa₇-Xaa₈-Cys-Xaa₉-Xaa₁₀-Xaa₁₁-Xaa₁₂-Xaa₁₃-Xaa₁₄-Cys-Xaa₁₅-Xaa₁₆-Xaa₁₇(SEQ ID NO:2), wherein Xaa₁ is des-Xaa₁, Asp, Glu or γ-carboxy-Glu(Gla); Xaa₂ is des-Xaa₂, Gln, Ala, Asp, Glu, Gla; Xaa₃ is des-Xaa₃, Gly,Ala, Asp, Glu, Gla, Pro or hydroxy-Pro; Xaa₄ is des-Xaa₄, Gly, Glu, Gla,Gln, Asp, Asn, Pro or hydroxy-Pro; Xaa₅ is Ser, Thr, Gly, Glu, Gla, Asn,Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basicamino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr,O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid;Xaa₆ is Asp, Asn, His, halo-His, Thr, Ser, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr,di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnaturalhydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₇ is Pro or hydroxy-Pro; Xaa₈ is Ala,Ser, Thr, Asp, Val, Ile, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr,di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnaturalhydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₉ is Gly, Ile, Leu, Val, Ala, Thr,Ser, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Phe, Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp, Arg,ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys,N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basic amino acid or any unnaturalaromatic amino acid; Xaa₁₀ is Ala, Asn, Phe, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Glu, Gla,Gln, His, halo-His, Val, Ser, Thr, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₁₁ is Thr, Ser, His, halo-His, Leu, Ile, Val, Asn,Met, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basic amino acid,Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr,nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₁₂ is Asn,Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Gln, Ser, Thr, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basicamino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr,O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid;Xaa₁₃ is des-Xaa₁₃, Gly, Thr, Ser, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Tyr, nor-Tyr,mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr orany unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₁₄ is des-Xaa₁₄, Ile,Val, Asp, Leu, Phe, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basic amino acid,Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr,nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; and Xaa₁₅ isdes-Xaa₁₅, Gly, Ala, Met, Ser, Thr, Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp, anyunnatural aromatic amino acid, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₁₆ is des-Xaa₁₆, Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp,any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₁₇ is des-Xaa₁₇, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid. The C-terminus may contain a free carboxyl group or anamide group. The halo is preferably bromine, chlorine or iodine, morepreferably iodine for His or Tyr and bromine for Trp. The Cys residuesmay be in D or L configuration and may optionally be substituted withhomocysteine (D or L). The Tyr residues may be substituted with the3-hydroxyl or 2-hydroxyl isomers and corresponding O-sulpho- andO-phospho-derivatives. The acidic amino acid residues may be substitutedwith any synthetic acidic bioisoteric amino acid surrogate, e.g.,tetrazolyl derivatives of Gly and Ala.

More specifically, the present invention is directed to α-conotoxinpeptides having the general formula III:

Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₃-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Xaa₆-Xaa₇-Xaa₈-Xaa₉-Cys-Xaa₁₀-Xaa₁₁-Xaa₁₂-Xaa₁₃-Xaa₁₄-Xaa₁₅-Xaa₁₆-Cys-Xaa₁₇-Xaa₁₈-Xaa₁₉-Xaa₂₀-Xaa₂₁-Xaa₂₂-Xaa₂₃-Xaa₂₄(SEQ ID NO:3), wherein Xaa₁ is des-Xaa₁, Ser or Thr; Xaa₂ is des-Xaa₂,Asp, Glu, γ-carboxy-Glu (Gla), Asn, Ser or Thr; Xaa₃ is des-Xaa₃, Ala,Gly, Asn, Ser, Thr, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₄ is des-Xaa₄, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Gly, Glu, Gla,Gln, Asp, Asn, Phe, Pro, hydroxy-Pro or any unnatural aromatic aminoacid; Xaa₅ is des-Xaa₅, Thr, Ser, Asp, Glu, Gla, Gln, Gly, Val, Asp,Asn, Ala, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₆ is Thr, Ser, Asp, Asn, Met, Val, Ala, Gly, Leu,Ile, Phe, any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Tyr,nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr,nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₇ is Ile,Leu, Val, Ser, Thr, Gln, Asn, Asp, Arg, His, halo-His, Phe, anyunnatural aromatic amino acid, homoarginine, ornithine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basicamino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr,O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid;Xaa₈ is Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Ser, Thr, Ile, Asp, Leu, Val, Gly, Ala, Phe,any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₉ is Val, Ala, Gly, Ile, Leu, Asp, Ser, Thr, Pro,hydroxy-Pro, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid;Xaa₁₀ is His, halo-His, Arg, homoarginine, ornithine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basic amino acid,Asn, Ala, Ser, Thr, Phe, Ile, Leu, Gly, Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp,any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr,di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnaturalhydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₁₁ is Leu, Gln, Val, Ile, Gly, Met,Ala, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, Ser, Thr,Arg, homoarginine, ornithine, any unnatural basic amino acid, Asn, Glu,Gla, Gln, Phe, Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp or any unnatural aromaticamino acid; Xaa₁₂ is Glu, Gla, Gln, Asn, Asp, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Ser,Gly, Thr, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, Arg,homoarginine, ornithine, any unnatural basic amino acid, Phe, His,halo-His, any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Leu, Met, Gly, Ala, Tyr,nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr,nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₁₃ is His,halo-His, Asn, Thr, Ser, Ile, Val, Leu, Phe, any unnatural aromaticamino acid, Arg, homoarginine, ornithine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basic amino acid,Tyr, nor-Try, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr,nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₄ is Ser,Thr, Ala, Gln, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Gly, Ile, Leu, Arg, ornithine,homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lysor any unnatural basic amino acid; Xaa₁₅ is Asn, Glu, Gla, Asp, Gly,His, halo-His, Ala, Leu, Gln, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basicamino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr,O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid;Xaa₁₆ is Met, Ile, Thr, Ser, Val, Leu, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Phe, anyunnatural aromatic amino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr,O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr, any unnatural hydroxy containingamino acid, Glu, Gla, Ala, His, halo-His, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine,Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or anyunnatural basic amino acid; Xaa₁₇ is des-Xaa₁₇, Gly, Asp, Asn, Ala, Ile,Leu, Ser, Thr, His, halo-His, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₁₈ is des-Xaa₁₈, Gly, Glu, Gla, Gln, Trp (D or L),neo, halo-Trp, any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Arg, ornithine,homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lysor any unnatural basic amino acid; Xaa₁₉ is des-Xaa₁₉, Ser, Thr, Val,Ile, Ala, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid;Xaa₂₀ is des-Xaa₂₀, Val, Asp, His, halo-His, Arg, ornithine,homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lysor any unnatural basic amino acid; Xaa₂₁ is des-Xaa₂₁, Asn, Pro orhydroxy-Pro; Xaa₂₂ is des-Xaa₂₂, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₂₃ is des-Xaa₂₃, Ser or Thr; Xaa₂₄ is des-Xaa₂₄,Leu, Ile or Val; with the proviso that (a) Xaa₅ is not Gly, when Xaa₁ isdes-Xaa₁, Xaa₂ is des-Xaa₂, Xaa₃ is des-Xaa₃, Xaa₄ is des-Xaa₄, Xaa₆ isSer, Xaa₇ is His, Xaa₈ is Pro, Xaa₉ is Ala, Xaa₁₀ is Ser, Xaa₁₁ is Val,Xaa₁₂ is Asn, Xaa₁₃ is Asn, Xaa₁₄ is Pro, Xaa₁₅ is Asp, Xaa₁₆ is Ile,Xaa₁₇ is des-Xaa₁₇, Xaa₁₈ is des-Xaa₈, Xaa₁₉ is des-Xaa₁₉, Xaa₂₀ isdes-Xaa₂₀, Xaa₂₁ is des-Xaa₂₁, Xaa₂₂ is des-Xaa₂₂, Xaa₂₃ is des-Xaa₂₃,and Xaa₂₄ is des-Xaa₂₄. The C-terminus may contain a free carboxyl groupor an amide group. The halo is preferably bromine, chlorine or iodine,more preferably iodine for His and Tyr and bromine for Trp. The Cysresidues may be in D or L configuration and may optionally besubstituted with homocysteine (D or L). The Tyr residues may besubstituted with the 3-hydroxyl or 2-hydroxyl isomers and correspondingO-sulpho- and O-phospho-derivatives. The acidic amino acid residues maybe substituted with any synthetic acidic bioisoteric amino acidsurrogate, e.g., tetrazolyl derivatives of Gly and Ala.

The present invention is also directed to novel specific α-conotoxinpeptides of general formula I having the formulas:Asp-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Ser-Arg- (SEQ ID NO: 4)Cys-Gly-Xaa₂-Asn-Cys-Leu; Ala-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Arg-Arg-Cys- (SEQ ID NO:5) Arg-Xaa₃-Arg-Cys; Phe-Thr-Cys-Cys-Arg-Arg-Gly-Thr- (SEQ ID NO: 6)Cys-Ser-Gln-His-Cys; Asp-Xaa₄-Cys-Cys-Arg-Arg-His-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 7)Cys-Thr-Leu-Ile-Cys; Asp-Xaa₄-Cys-Cys-Arg-Xaa₅-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 8)Cys-Thr-Leu-Ile-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 9)Arg-Xaa₄-Arg-Cys-Arg; Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg- (SEQ ID NO: 10)Cys-Ala-Xaa₃-Arg-Cys; Ile-Ala-Xaa₃-Asp-Ile-Cys-Cys-Ser- (SEQ ID NO: 11)Xaa₁-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Asn-His-Xaa₂- Cys-Val; andGly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 12) Xaa₂-His-Gln-Cys,wherein Xaa₁ is Glu or γ-carboxy-Glu (Gla); Xaa₂ is Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys or N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys; Xaa₃ is Trp (D or L), halo-Trpor neo-Trp; Xaa₄ is Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr,O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr or nitro-Tyr; and Xaa₅ is Pro orhydroxy-Pro; and the C-terminus contains a carboxyl or amide group. Thehalo is preferably bromine, chlorine or iodine, more preferably iodinefor Tyr and bromine for Trp. In addition, the His residues may besubstituted with halo-His; the Arg residues may be substituted by Lys,ornithine, homoarginine, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys,N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid; the Lys residuesmay be substituted by Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid;the Tyr residues may be substituted with any unnatural hydroxycontaining amino acid; the Ser residues may be substituted with Thr; theThr residues may be substituted with Ser; and the Phe and Trp residuesmay be substituted with any unnatural aromatic amino acid. The Cysresidues may be in D or L configuration and may optionally besubstituted with homocysteine (D or L). The Tyr residues may besubstituted with the 3-hydroxyl or 2-hydroxyl isomers and correspondingO-sulpho- and O-phospho-derivatives. The acidic amino acid residues maybe substituted with any synthetic acidic bioisoteric amino acidsurrogate, e.g., tetrazolyl derivatives of Gly and Ala.

More specifically, the present invention is directed to the followingα-conotoxin peptides of general formula I: Im1.1: SEQ ID NO: 4, whereinXaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₂ is Lys; Im1.2: SEQ ID NO: 5, wherein Xaa₃ is Trp;Rg1.2: SEQ ID NO: 6; Rg1.6: SEQ ID NO: 7, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr; Rg1.6A:SEQ ID NO: 8, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Rg1.7: SEQ ID NO: 9,wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Rg1.9: SEQ ID NO: 10, wherein Xaa₃is Trp and Xaa₅ is Pro; Rg1.10: SEQ ID NO: 11, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂is Lys, Xaa₃ is Trp and Xaa₅ is Pro; and Rg1.11: SEQ ID NO: 12, whereinXaa₂ is Lys and Xaa₅ is Pro.The C-terminus of Im1.1, Rg1.7 an Rg1.10 preferably contains a freecarboxyl group. The C-terminus of Im1.2, Rg1.2, Rg1.6, Rg1.6A, Rg1.9 andRg1.11 preferably contains an amide group.

The present invention is further directed to novel specific α-conotoxinpeptides of general formula II having the formulas:Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Xaa₂- (SEQ ID NO: 13)Gln-Thr-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys-Arg; Cys-Cys-Xaa₁-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Arg- (SEQ ID NO:14) His-Thr-Gln-Gly-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Xaa₃-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO:15) Gly-Arg-His-Xaa₄-Cys; Ala-Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO:16) Cys-Val-Xaa₂-His-Arg-Cys; Ala-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys-Cys-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅- (SEQ IDNO: 17) Ala-Cys-Val-Xaa₂-His-Arg-Cys; Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-(SEQ ID NO: 18) Ala-Cys-Val-Xaa₂-His-Arg-Cys;Asp-Xaa₁-Asn-Cys-Cys-Xaa₃-Asn- (SEQ ID NO: 19)Xaa₅-Ser-Cys-Xaa₅-Arg-Xaa₅-Arg- Cys-Thr;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Thr-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 20) Ala-Val-Leu-Xaa₄-Cys;Gly-Cys-Cys-Gly-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 21) Thr-Ser-His-Ser-Cys;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 42)Ala-His-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Arg; Gly-Cys-Cys-Xaa₄-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-(SEQ ID NO: 154) Xaa₂-Xaa₂-Xaa₄-Xaa₄-Cys-Xaa₃-Xaa₂;Xaa₆-Xaa₁-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys-Cys-Arg- (SEQ ID NO: 155)His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Gly-Xaa₂-Asn-Arg- Cys;Cys-Cys-Ala-Asp-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Arg- (SEQ ID NO: 156) Phe-Arg-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys;Gly-Cys-Cys-Xaa₄-Asn-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 157)Xaa₃-Xaa₅-Xaa₂-Thr-Xaa₄-Cys-Ser- Xaa₃-Xaa₂;Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Thr-Cys-Xaa₂- (SEQ ID NO: 158)Xaa₁-Thr-Xaa₄-Gly-Cys; Cys-Cys-Ala-Asn-Xaa₅-Ile-Cys-Xaa₂- (SEQ ID NO:159) Asn-Thr-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys; Cys-Cys-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Thr-Cys-Xaa₂- (SEQ IDNO: 160) Xaa₁-Thr-Xaa₄-Gly-Cys; Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Xaa₂- (SEQID NO: 161) Xaa₁-Thr-Xaa₄-Gly-Cys; Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅- (SEQID NO: 162) Xaa₅-Cys-Ile-Ala-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅- Xaa₂-Cys-Gly;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 163)Ser-Ala-Met-Ser-Xaa₅-Ile-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Xaa₂-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₄- (SEQ IDNO: 164) Cys-Gly-Ala-Ser-Xaa₂-Thr-Xaa₄-Cys;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 165)Cys-Phe-Ala-Thr-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys; Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅- (SEQ IDNO: 166) Xaa₅-Cys-Ile-Ala-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Leu- Cys-Ala;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 167)Xaa₅-Cys-Ile-Ala-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Phe- Cys-Ala;Asp-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 168)Ser-Gln-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Met; and Asp-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-(SEQ ID NO: 169) Ala-His-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Arg,wherein Xaa₁ is Glu or γ-carboxy-Glu (Gla); Xaa₂ is Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys or N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys; Xaa₃ is Trp (D or L), halo-Trpor neo-Trp; Xaa₄ is Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr,O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr or nitro-Tyr; and Xaa₅ is Pro orhydroxy-Pro; and the C-tenninus contains a carboxyl or amide group. Thehalo is preferably bromine, chlorine or iodine, more preferably iodinefor Tyr and bromine for Trp. In addition, the His residues may besubstituted with halo-His; the Arg residues may be substituted by Lys,ornithine, homoarginine, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys,N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid; the Lys residuesmay be substituted by Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid;the Tyr residues may be substituted with any unnatural hydroxycontaining amino acid; the Ser residues may be substituted with Thr; theThr residues may be substituted with Ser; and the Phe and Trp residuesmay be substituted with any unnatural aromatic amino acid. The Cysresidues may be in D or L configuration and may optionally besubstituted with homocysteine (D or L). The Tyr residues may besubstituted with the 3-hydroxyl or 2-hydroxyl isomers and correspondingO-sulpho- and O-phospho-derivatives. The acidic amino acid residues maybe substituted with any synthetic acidic bioisoteric amino acidsurrogate, e.g., tetrazolyl derivatives of Gly and Ala.

More specifically, the present invention is directed to the followingα-conotoxin peptides of general formula II: Sn1.1: SEQ ID NO: 13,wherein Xaa₂ is Lys and Xaa₅ is Pro; Sn1.2: SEQ ID NO: 14, wherein Xaa₁is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Sl1.3: SEQ ID NO: 15, wherein Xaa₃ is Trp, Xaa₄is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; A1.2: SEQ ID NO: 16, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys andXaa₅ is Pro; Bu1.1: SEQ ID NO: 17, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys and Xaa₅ is Pro;Bu1.2: SEQ ID NO: 18, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys and Xaa₅ is Pro; Bu1.3: SEQ IDNO: 19, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₃ is Trp and Xaa₅ is Pro; Bu1.4: SEQ IDNO: 20, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Cr1.3: SEQ ID NO: 21,wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Di1.1: SEQ ID NO: 42 wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Ms1.7:SEQ ID NO: 154, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₃ is Trp, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅is Pro; P1.7: SEQ ID NO: 155, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₅ isPro and Xaa₆ is Gln; Ms1.2: SEQ ID NO: 156, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Ms1.3:SEQ ID NO: 157, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₃ is Trp, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅is Pro; Ms1.4: SEQ ID NO: 158, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₄ isTyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Ms1.5: SEQ ID NO: 159, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys and Xaa₅is Pro; Ms1.8: SEQ ID NO: 160, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₄ isTyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Ms1.9: SEQ ID NO: 161, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ isLys, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Bt1.7: SEQ ID NO: 162, wherein Xaa₂ isLys, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Lv1.5: SEQ ID NO: 163, wherein Xaa₅ isPro; Ms1.10: SEQ ID NO: 164, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅is Pro; Om1.1: SEQ ID NO: 165, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro;R1.6: SEQ ID NO: 166, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; R1.7: SEQ IDNO: 167, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Vr1.1: SEQ ID NO: 168,wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; and Vr1.2: SEQ ID NO: 169, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro.The C-terminus preferably contains a carboxyl group for the peptidesSn1.1, Sn1.2, Cr1.3, Di1.1, Ms1.2, Ms1.4, Ms1.5, Ms1.8, Ms1.9, Vr1.1 andVr1.2. The C-terminus of the other peptides preferably contains an amidegroup.

The present invention is also directed to novel specific α-conotoxinpeptides of general formula III having the formulas:Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 22)His-Leu-Xaa₁-His-Ser-Asn-Met-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQID NO: 23) Arg-Gln-Asn-Asn-Ala-Xaa₁-Xaa₄-Cys- Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 24)Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile- Cys-Arg;Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 25)Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁- Ile-Cys-Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 26)Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile- Cys-Asp;Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 27)Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile- Cys-Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 28)Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Gly-Ile- Cys-Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 29)Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Thr- Cys-Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 30)Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Val- Cys-Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 31)Cys-Asn-Ile-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile- Cys-Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 32)Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile- Cys-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 33)Cys-Ala-Val-Asn-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu- Cys;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 34)Ser-Val-Asn-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-(SEQ ID NO: 35) Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-Cys;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 36)Ser-Gly-Xaa₂-Thr-Gln-Xaa₁-Xaa₅- Cys-Arg-Xaa₁-Ser;Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 37)Ser-Gly-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Phe-Cys- Arg-Gln;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 38)Ser-Gly-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Phe-Cys- Arg-Gln;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 39)Ala-Met-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Xaa₄-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-(SEQ ID NO: 40) Phe-Leu-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Xaa₄-Cys;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 41)Ile-Ala-Xaa₂-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Met-Cys- Gly;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 43)Ala-Gly-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Val-Cys- Arg-Gln;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Arg-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 44)Ile-Ala-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Leu-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQID NO: 45) His-Val-Xaa₁-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu- Cys-Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Phe-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 46)Cys-Arg-Xaa₂-Xaa₅-Arg-Xaa₅-Xaa₁- Met-Cys-Gly;Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 47)Arg-Cys-Asn-Ser-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁- Leu-Cys-Gly;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg- (SEQ ID NO: 48)Cys-Asn-Val-Gly-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu- Cys-Gly;Xaa₆-Val-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg- (SEQ ID NO: 49);Cys-Asn-Val-Gly-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile- Cys-Gly;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Arg-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 50)Ile-Ala-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Leu-Cys; Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Leu-Ala- (SEQID NO: 51) Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile- Cys-Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Phe-Asp-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 52)Arg-Met-Met-Phe-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Met-Cys- Gly-Xaa₃-Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Phe-Ala-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 53)Cys-Arg-Xaa₂-Xaa₄-Arg-Xaa₅-Xaa₁- Met-Cys-Gly;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Phe-His-Xaa₅-Val- (SEQ ID NO: 54)Cys-Xaa₄-Ile-Asn-Leu-Leu-Xaa₁-Met- Cys-Arg-Gln-Arg;Ser-Ala-Thr-Cys-Cys-Asn-Xaa₄-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 55)Xaa₅-Cys-Xaa₄-Xaa₁-Thr-Xaa₄-Xaa₅- Xaa₁-Ser-Cys-Leu;Ala-Cys-Cys-Ala-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 56)Cys-Phe-Xaa₁-Ala-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₁- Arg-Cys-Leu;Asn-Ala-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Xaa₄-Xaa₄- (SEQ ID NO: 57)Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Xaa₄-Xaa₁-Ala-Xaa₄- Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-Cys-Leu;Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Thr-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 170)His-Ala-Xaa₁-His-Gln-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys- Ala-Arg-Arg-Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 171)His-Leu-Xaa₁-His-Ser-Asn-Leu-Cys; Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Thr-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-(SEQ ID NO: 172) His-Val-Xaa₁-His-Gln-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys- Ala-Arg-Arg-Arg;Xaa₆-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 173)Ala-Cys-Asn-Leu-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁- Leu-Cys;Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 174)Arg-Cys-Asn-Ser-Thr-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁- Leu-Cys-Gly;Leu-Asn-Cys-Cys-Met-Ile-Xaa₅-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 175)Cys-Xaa₃-Xaa₂-Xaa₂-Xaa₄-Gly-Asp- Arg-Cys-Ser-Xaa₁-Val-Arg;Ala-Phe-Gly-Cys-Cys-Asp-Leu-Ile- (SEQ ID NO: 176)Xaa₅-Cys-Leu-Xaa₁-Arg-Xaa₄-Gly- Asn-Arg-Cys-Asn-Xaa₁-Val-His;Leu-Gly-Cys-Cys-Asn-Val-Thr-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 177)Cys-Xaa₃-Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₄-Gly-Asp- Xaa₂-Cys-Asn-Xaa₁-Val-Arg;Asp-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 178)Cys-Arg-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Val- Cys-Arg-Arg-Arg;Leu-Asn-Cys-Cys-Ser-Ile-Xaa₅-Gly- (SEQ ID NO: 179)Cys-Xaa₃-Asn-Xaa₁-Xaa₄-Xaa₂-Asp- Arg-Cys-Ser-Xaa₂-Val-Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val- (SEQ ID NO: 180)Cys-Xaa₄-Phe-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Gln-Met- Cys-Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val- (SEQ ID NO: 181)Cys-Asn-Leu-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Gln-Met- Cys-Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 182)Xaa₄-Ala-Asn-Asn-Gln-Ala-Xaa₄-Cys- Asn;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 183)Cys-Ser-Val-Thr-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu- Cys;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 184)Cys-Ser-Val-Xaa₁-His-Gln-Asp-Leu- Cys-Asp;Val-Ser-Cys-Cys-Val-Val-Arg-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 185)Cys-Xaa₃-Ile-Arg-Xaa₄-Gln-Xaa₁- Xaa₁-Cys-Leu-Xaa₁-Ala-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Thr-Leu; Xaa₆-Asn-Cys-Cys-Ser-Ile-Xaa₅-Gly- (SEQ ID NO: 186)Cys-Xaa₃-Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₄-Gly-Asp- Xaa₂-Cys-Ser-Xaa₁-Val-Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 187)His-Leu-Xaa₁-His-Xaa₅-Asn-Ala-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Ile-Cys-(SEQ ID NO: 188) Xaa₄-Phe-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Arg-Ile-Cys- Arg;Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Gln-Xaa₅-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 189)Cys-Arg-Xaa₃-Xaa₂-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁- Leu-Cys-Ser;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 190)Ala-Gly-Asn-Asn-Gln-His-Ile-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ala-Val-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys- (SEQID NO: 191) Arg-Leu-Arg-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Leu-Cys- Gly-Gly;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 192)Asn-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Ile-Cys; Thr-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Xaa₅- (SEQID NO: 193) Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Phe-Ala-Thr-Asn- Ser-Asp-Ile-Cys-Gly;Asp-Ala-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg- (SEQ ID NO: 194)Cys-Ser-Gly-Xaa₂-His-Gln-Asp-Leu- Cys;Xaa₁-Asp-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg- (SEQ ID NO: 195)Cys-Ser-Val-Gly-His-Gln-Asp-Leu- Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-(SEQ ID NO: 196) Ala-Gly-Ser-Asn-Ala-His-Ile-Cys;Xaa₁-Asp-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg- (SEQ ID NO: 197)Cys-Ser-Val-Gly-His-Gln-Asp-Met- Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-(SEQ ID NO: 198) Ala-Gly-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Ile-Cys;Gly-Cys-Cys-Gly-Asn-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 199)Ser-Ile-His-Ile-Xaa₅-Xaa₄-Val-Cys- Asn;Thr-Asp-Ser-Xaa₁-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Leu- (SEQ ID NO: 200)Asp-Ser-Arg-Cys-Ala-Gly-Gln-His- Gln-Asp-Leu-Cys-Gly;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 201)Xaa₄-Ala-Asn-Asn-Gln-Ala-Xaa₄-Cys- Asn;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 202)Ser-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Ile-Cys; Gly-Xaa₂-Cys-Cys-Ile-Asn-Asp-Ala- (SEQID NO: 203) Cys-Arg-Ser-Xaa₂-His-Xaa₅-Gln- Xaa₄-Cys-Ser;Gly-Cys-Cys-Xaa₄-Asn-Ile-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 204)Arg-Ile-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Arg-Xaa₄-Cys- Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 205)Arg-Phe-Asn-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₂-Xaa₄- Cys-Gly; Asp-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ala-Ser-Xaa₅-(SEQ ID NO: 206) Xaa₅-Cys-Arg-Leu-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅- Xaa₄-Val-Cys-His;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 207)Xaa₃-Gln-Asn-Asn-Ala-Xaa₁-Xaa₄- Cys-Arg-Xaa₁-Ser;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 208)Ala-Gln-Asn-Asn-Gln-Asp-Xaa₄-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQID NO: 209) Ser-Gly-Asn-Asn-Arg-Xaa₁-Xaa₄-Cys- Arg-Xaa₁-Ser;Asp-Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 210)Asp-Cys-Gly-Ala-Asn-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁- Ile-Cys-Gly;Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Gln-Xaa₅-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 211)Cys-Arg-Xaa₃-Xaa₂-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁- Leu-Cys-Ser;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 212)Ala-Gly-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Ile-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys- (SEQID NO: 213) Asn-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Xaa₄-Cys;Xaa₁-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 214)Arg-Cys-Ser-Val-Gly-His-Gln-Asp- Met-Cys-Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 215)Cys-Leu-Val-Asn-His-Leu-Xaa₁-Met- Cys;Arg-Asp-Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Phe-Asn-Xaa₅- (SEQ ID NO: 216)Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Gln- Ile-Cys;Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys-Xaa₃- (SEQ ID NO: 217)Arg-Leu-His-Ser-Leu-Ala-Cys-Thr- Gly-Ile-Val-Asn-Arg;Cys-Cys-Thr-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Leu- (SEQ ID NO: 218)Val-Asn-Asn-Ile-Arg-Phe-Cys-Gly; Asp-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg- (SEQID NO: 219) Cys-His-Gly-Asn-Asn-Arg-Asp-His- Cys-Ala;Asp-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Leu-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 220)Arg-Leu-Phe-Val-Xaa₅-Gly-Leu-Cys- Ile; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-(SEQ ID NO: 221) Xaa₂-Val-Arg-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Asp-Leu- Cys-Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 222)Asn-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Ile-Cys; Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQID NO: 223) Xaa₂-Val-Arg-Xaa₄-Ser-Asp-Met-Cys;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala- (SEQ ID NO: 224)Cys-Xaa₂-Val-His-Phe-Xaa₅-His-Ser- Cys;Val-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 225)His-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys- Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 226)Asn-Leu-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Gln-Ile-Cys- Arg; Xaa₆-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-(SEQ ID NO: 227) Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁- Ile-Cys-Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 228)Leu-Val-Asn-His-Ile-Arg-Phe-Cys- Gly; Asp-Cys-Cys-Asp-Asp-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-(SEQ ID NO: 229) Thr-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Gly-Leu-Cys- Thr; andGly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 230)Ile-Ala-Xaa₂-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Met-Cys- Gly-Gly-Arg-Arg,wherein Xaa₁ is Glu or γ-carboxy-Glu (Gla); Xaa₂ is Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys or N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys; Xaa₃ is Trp (D or L), halo-Trpor neo-Trp; Xaa₄ is Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr,O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr or nitro-Tyr; and Xaa₅ is Pro orhydroxy-Pro; Xaa₆ is Gln or pyro-Glu; and the C-terminus contains acarboxyl or amide group. The halo is preferably bromine, chlorine oriodine, more preferably iodine for Tyr and bromine for Trp. In addition,the His residues may be substituted with halo-His; the Arg residues maybe substituted by Lys, ornithine, homoarginine, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid;the Lys residues may be substituted by Arg, ornithine, homoarginine,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; the Tyr residues may be substituted with any unnaturalhydroxy containing amino acid; the Ser residues may be substituted withThr; the Thr residues may be substituted with Ser; and the Phe and Trpresidues may be substituted with any unnatural aromatic amino acid. TheCys residues may be in D or L configuration and may optionally besubstituted with homocysteine (D or L). The Tyr residues may besubstituted with the 3-hydroxyl or 2-hydroxyl isomers and correspondingO-sulpho- and O-phospho-derivatives. The acidic amino acid residues maybe substituted with any synthetic acidic bioisoteric amino acidsurrogate, e.g., tetrazolyl derivatives of Gly and Ala.

More specifically, the present invention is directed to the followingα-conotoxin peptides of general formula III: SmI: SEQ ID NO: 22, whereinXaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; OB-29: SEQ ID NO: 23, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu,Xaa₃ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Tx1.1: SEQ ID NO: 24, wherein Xaa₁ is Gluand Xaa₅ is Pro; R1.1A: SEQ ID NO: 25, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ isPro; R1.1B: SEQ ID NO: 26, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Om-9:SEQ ID NO: 27, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Om-10: SEQ ID NO:28, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Om-21: SEQ ID NO: 29, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu andXaa₅ is Pro; Om-25: SEQ ID NO: 30, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro;Om-27: SEQ ID NO: 31, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Om-28: SEQ IDNO: 32, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Bt1.2: SEQ ID NO: 33,wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Bt1.4: SEQ ID NO: 34, wherein Xaa₁is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Da1.1: SEQ ID NO: 35, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu andXaa₅ is Pro; OB-20: SEQ ID NO: 36, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ is Lys andXaa₅ is Pro; TI: SEQ ID NO: 37, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro;TIB: SEQ ID NO: 38, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Pn1.1: SEQ IDNO: 39, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Pn1.2: SEQ ID NO: 40, wherein Xaa₁ is Gluand Xaa₅ is Pro; T1: SEQ ID NO: 41, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys and Xaa₅ is Pro;TIA: SEQ ID NO: 43, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Da1.2: SEQ ID NO: 44, whereinXaa₅ is Pro; Cr1.2: SEQ ID NO: 45, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro;Sl1.2: SEQ ID NO: 46, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ is Lys and Xaa₅ is Pro;Tx1.3: SEQ ID NO: 47, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Da1.3: SEQ IDNO: 48, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Da1.4: SEQ ID NO: 49,wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₅ is Pro and Xaa₆ is Gln; Tx1.2: SEQ ID NO: 50,wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Om-35: SEQ ID NO: 51, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅is Pro; Sl1.1: SEQ ID NO: 52, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₃ is Trp, Xaa₄ isTyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Sl1.6: SEQ ID NO: 53, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ isLys, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Sl1.7: SEQ ID NO: 54, wherein Xaa₁ isGlu Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Bt1.1: SEQ ID NO: 55, wherein Xaa₁ isGlu Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Bt: 1.3: SEQ ID NO: 56, wherein Xaa₁ isGlu Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Bt1.5: SEQ ID NO: 57, wherein Xaa₁ isGlu Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; A1.4: SEQ ID NO: 170, wherein Xaa₁ isGlu and Xaa₅ is Pro; A1.5: SEQ ID NO: 171, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅is Pro; A1.6: SEQ ID NO: 172, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro;Af1.1: SEQ ID NO: 173, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu Xaa₄ is Tyr, Xaa₅ is Pro andXaa₆ is Gln; Af1.2: SEQ ID NO: 174, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro;Ar1.2: SEQ ID NO: 175, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₃ is Trp,Xaa₄ is Try and Xaa₅ is Pro; Ar1.3: SEQ ID NO: 176, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu,Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Ar1.4: SEQ ID NO: 177, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu,Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₃ is Trp, Xaa₄ is Try and Xaa₅ is Pro; Ar1.5: SEQ ID NO:178, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Ar1.6: SEQ ID NO: 179, whereinXaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₃ is Trp, Xaa₄ is Try and Xaa₅ is Pro;Ay1.2: SEQ ID NO: 180, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Ay1.3: SEQID NO: 181, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Bn1.4: SEQ ID NO: 182, wherein Xaa₄ isTyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Bt1.8: SEQ ID NO: 183, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅is Pro; Bt1.9: SEQ ID NO: 184, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅is Pro; Ca1.3: SEQ ID NO: 185, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₃ is Trp, Xaa₄ isTry and Xaa₅ is Pro; Ca1.4: SEQ ID NO: 186, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ isLys, Xaa₃ is Trp, Xaa₄ is Try, Xaa₅ is Pro and Xaa₆ is Gln; C1.2: SEQ IDNO: 187, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; C1.3: SEQ ID NO: 188,wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Ep1.2: SEQ ID NO: 189, wherein Xaa₁is Glu, Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₃ is Tm and Xaa₅ is Pro; G1.1: SEQ ID NO: 190,wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; G1.3: SEQ ID NO: 191, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Im1.3:SEQ ID NO: 192, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Lv1.2: SEQ ID NO: 193, wherein Xaa₁is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Lv1.3: SEQ ID NO: 194, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys andXaa₅ is Pro; Lv1.4: SEQ ID NO: 195, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro;Lv1.6: SEQ ID NO: 196, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Lv1.7: SEQ ID NO: 197,wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; Lv1.8: SEQ ID NO: 198, wherein Xaa₅is Pro; Lv1.9: SEQ ID NO: 199, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro;Lv1.10: SEQ ID NO: 200, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu; Mr1.3: SEQ ID NO: 201,wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Mr1.4: SEQ ID NO: 202, wherein Xaa₅is Pro; Ms1.1: SEQ ID NO: 203, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅is Pro; Ms1.6: SEQ ID NO: 204, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro;O1.1: SEQ ID NO: 205, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro;O1.2: SEQ ID NO: 206, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro;O1.4: SEQ ID NO: 207, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₃ is Trp, Xaa₄ is Tyr andXaa₅ is Pro; O1.7: SEQ ID NO: 208, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro;O1.8: SEQ ID NO: 209, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro;Om1.2: SEQ ID NO: 210, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro;Om1.3: SEQ ID NO: 211, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₃ is Trp andXaa₅ is Pro; Om1.4: SEQ ID NO: 212, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Om1.5: SEQ IDNO: 213, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Om1.6: SEQ ID NO: 214,wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; P1.4: SEQ ID NO: 215, wherein Xaa₁is Glu and Xaa₅ is Pro; P1.5: SEQ ID NO: 216, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; P1.6:SEQ ID NO: 217, wherein Xaa₃ is Trp and Xaa₅ is Pro; P1.8: SEQ ID NO:218, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Rg1.1: SEQ ID NO: 219, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu andXaa₅ is Pro; Rg1.3: SEQ ID NO: 220, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Rg1.4: SEQ IDNO: 221, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Rg1.5: SEQ IDNO: 222, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Rg1.8: SEQ ID NO: 223, wherein Xaa₂ isLys, Xaa₄ is Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; Sm1.4: SEQ ID NO: 224, wherein Xaa₂ isLys and Xaa₅ is Pro; Sm1.5: SEQ ID NO: 225, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu and Xaa₅is Pro; S1.5: SEQ ID NO: 226, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Tx1.5: SEQ ID NO:227, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₅ is Pro and Xaa₆ is Gln; T1.1: SEQ ID NO:228, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro; Vr1.3: SEQ ID NO: 229, wherein Xaa₅ is Pro;and Tb: SEQ ID NO: 230, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys and Xaa₅ is Pro.The C-terminus preferably contains a carboxyl group for the peptidesOB-29, Tx1.1, R1.1A, R1.1B, Om-9, Om-10, Om-21, Om-25, Om-27, Om-28,Cr1.2, Om-35, Bt1.1, Bt1.3, Bt1.5, A1.4, A1.6, Ar1.2, Ar1.3, Ar1.4,Ar1.5, Ar1.6, Ca1.3, Ca1.4, Ep1.2, Lv1.9, O1.2, Om1.3, Om1.6, P1.6,Rg1.1, Rg1.3, Rg1.4, Sm1.5, Tx1.5 and Vr1.3. The C-terminus of the otherpeptides preferably contains an amide group.

The present invention is also directed to the novel specific α-conotoxinpeptides having the formulas: Cys-Cys-Thr-Ile-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys-Xaa₄- (SEQ IDNO: 231) Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₂-Xaa₂-Ile-Xaa₂-Ala- Cys-Val-Phe andGly-Cys-Cys-Gly-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys- (SEQ ID NO: 232)Ser-Gly-Ser-Ser-Xaa₂-Asp-Ala-Xaa₅- Ser-Cys,wherein Xaa₁ is Glu or γ-carboxy-Glu (Gla); Xaa₂ is Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys or N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys; Xaa₄ is Tyr, nor-Tyr,mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr or nitro-Tyr;and Xaa₅ is Pro or hydroxy-Pro; and the C-terminus contains a carboxylor amide group. The halo is preferably bromine, chlorine or iodine, morepreferably iodine for Tyr. In addition, the His residues may besubstituted with halo-His; the Arg residues may be substituted by Lys,ornithine, homoarginine, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys,N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid; the Lys residuesmay be substituted by Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid;the Tyr residues may be substituted with any unnatural hydroxycontaining amino acid; the Ser residues may be substituted with Thr; theThr residues may be substituted with Ser; and the Phe residues may besubstituted with any unnatural aromatic amino acid. The Cys residues maybe in D or L configuration and may optionally be substituted withhomocysteine (D or L). The Tyr residues may be substituted with the3-hydroxyl or 2-hydroxyl isomers and corresponding O-sulpho- andO-phospho-derivatives. The acidic amino acid residues may be substitutedwith any synthetic acidic bioisoteric amino acid surrogate, e.g.,tetrazolyl derivatives of Gly and Ala.

More specifically, the present invention is directed to the followingα-conotoxin peptides:

-   -   G1.2: SEQ ID NO:231, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu, Xaa₂ is Lys, Xaa₄ is        Tyr and Xaa₅ is Pro; and    -   Rg1.12: SEQ ID NO:232, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys and Xaa₅ is Pro.        The C-terminus of G1.2 preferably contains a carboxyl group, and        the C-terminus of Rg1.12 preferably contains an amide group.

Examples of unnatural aromatic amino acid include, but are not limitedto, such as nitro-Phe, 4-substituted-Phe wherein the substituent isC₁-C₃ alkyl, carboxyl, hydroxymethyl, sulphomethyl, halo, phenyl, 'CHO,—CN, —SO₃H and —NHAc. Examples of unnatural hydroxy containing aminoacid, include, but are not limited to, such as 4-hydroxymethyl-Phe,4-hydroxyphenyl-Gly, 2,6-dimethyl-Tyr and 5-amino-Tyr. Examples ofunnatural basic amino acids include, but are not limited to,N-1-(2-pyrazolinyl)-Arg, 2-(4-piperinyl)-Gly, 2-(4-piperinyl)-Ala,2-[3-(2S)pyrrolininyl)-Gly and 2-[3-(2S)pyrrolininyl)-Ala. These andother unnatural basic amino acids, unnatural hydroxy containing aminoacids or unnatural aromatic amino acids are described in Building BlockIndex, Version 3.0 (1999 Catalog, pages 4-47 for hydroxy containingamino acids and aromatic amino acids and pages 66-87 for basic aminoacids; see also website “amino-acids.com”), incorporated herein byreference, by and available from RSP Amino Acid Analogues, Inc.,Worcester, Mass.

Optionally, in the peptides of general formulas I, II and III and thespecific peptides described above, the Asn residues may be modified tocontain an N-glycan and the Ser and Thr residues may be modified tocontain an O-glycan. In accordance with the present invention, a glycanshall mean any N—, S— or O-linked mono-, di-, tri-, poly- oroligosaccharide that can be attached to any hydroxy, amino or thiolgroup of natural or modified amino acids by synthetic or enzymaticmethodologies known in the art. The monosaccharides making up the glycancan include D-allose, D-altrose, D-glucose, D-mannose, D-gulose,D-idose, D-galactose, D-talose, D-galactosamine, D-glucosamine,D-N-acetyl-glucosamine (GlcNAc), D-N-acetyl-galactosamine (GalNAc),D-fucose or D-arabinose. These saccharides may be structurally modified,e.g., with one or more O-sulfate, O-phosphate, O-acetyl or acidicgroups, such as sialic acid, including combinations thereof. The glycanmay also include similar polyhydroxy groups, such as D-penicillamine 2,5and halogenated derivatives thereof or polypropylene glycol derivatives.The glycosidic linkage is beta and 1-4 or 1-3, preferably 1-3. Thelinkage between the glycan and the amino acid may be alpha or beta,preferably alpha and is 1-.

Core O-glycans have been described by Van de Steen et al. (1998),incorporated herein by reference. Mucin type O-linked oligosaccharidesare attached to Ser or Thr (or other hydroxylated residues of thepresent peptides) by a GalNAc residue. The monosaccharide buildingblocks and the linkage attached to this first GalNAc residue define the“core glycans,” of which eight have been identified. The type ofglycosidic linkage (orientation and connectivities) are defined for eachcore glycan. Suitable glycans and glycan analogs are described furtherin U.S. Ser. No. 09/420,797, filed 19 Oct. 1999 (now U.S. Pat. No.6,369,193) and in PCT Application No. PCT/US99/24380, filed 19 Oct.1999, both incorporated herein by reference. A preferred glycan isGal(β1-3)GalNAc(α1→).

Optionally, in the peptides of general formulas I and II and thespecific peptides described above, pairs of Cys residues may be replacedpairwise with Ser/(Glu or Asp) or Lys/(Glu or Asp) combinations.Sequential coupling by known methods (Barnay et al., 2000; Hruby et al.,1994; Bitan et al., 1997) allows replacement of native Cys bridges withlactam bridges.

The present invention is further directed to propeptides and nucleicacid sequences encoding the propeptides or peptides as described infurther detail herein.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

The invention relates to relatively short peptides (termed α-conotoxinsherein), about 10-30 residues in length, which are naturally availablein minute amounts in the venom of the cone snails or analogous to thenaturally available peptides, and which preferably include two disulfidebonds.

The present invention, in another aspect, relates to a pharmaceuticalcomposition comprising an effective amount of an α-conotoxin peptide.Such a pharmaceutical composition has the capability of acting asantagonists for nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. In one aspect, theα-conotoxins with specificity for neuromuscular junction nicotinicacetylcholine receptors are used as neuromuscular blocking agents foruse in conjunction with surgery, as disclosed in U.S. patent applicationSer. No. 09/488,799, filed 21 Jan. 2000, incorporated by referenceherein. In a second aspect, additional α-conotoxins and uses for themhave been described in U.S. Pat. No. 4,447,356 (Olivera et al., 1984);U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,432,155; 5,514,774, each incorporated herein byreference.

In a third aspect additional uses for α-conotoxins are described in U.S.Ser. No. 09/219,446, filed 22 Dec. 1998, incorporated herein byreference. In this application, α-conotoxins with specificity forneuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors are used for treatingdisorders regulated at neuronal nicotinic acetylcholine receptors. Suchdisorders include, but are not limited to, cardiovascular disorders,gastric motility disorders, urinary incontinence, nicotine addiction,mood disorders (such as bipolar disorder, unipolar depression, dysthymiaand seasonal effective disorder) and small cell lung carcinoma, as wellas the localization of small cell lung carcinoma.

The α-conotoxin peptides described herein are sufficiently small to bechemically synthesized. General chemical syntheses for preparing theforegoing α-conotoxin peptides are described hereinafter. Various onesof the α-conotoxin peptides can also be obtained by isolation andpurification from specific Conus species using the technique describedin U.S. Pat. No. 4,447,356 (Olivera et al., 1984), the disclosure ofwhich is incorporated herein by reference.

Although the α-conotoxin peptides of the present invention can beobtained by purification from cone snails, because the amounts ofα-conotoxin peptides obtainable from individual snails are very small,the desired substantially pure α-conotoxin peptides are best practicallyobtained in commercially valuable amounts by chemical synthesis usingsolid-phase strategy. For example, the yield from a single cone snailmay be about 10 micrograms or less of α-conotoxin peptide. By“substantially pure” is meant that the peptide is present in thesubstantial absence of other biological molecules of the same type; itis preferably present in an amount of at least about 85% purity andpreferably at least about 95% purity. Chemical synthesis of biologicallyactive α-conotoxin peptides depends of course upon correct determinationof the amino acid sequence.

The α-conotoxin peptides can also be produced by recombinant DNAtechniques well known in the art. Such techniques are described bySambrook et al. (1989). The peptides produced in this manner areisolated, reduced if necessary, and oxidized to form the correctdisulfide bonds.

One method of forming disulfide bonds in the conantokin peptides of thepresent invention is the air oxidation of the linear peptides forprolonged periods under cold room temperatures or at room temperature.This procedure results in the creation of a substantial amount of thebioactive, disulfide-linked peptides. The oxidized peptides arefractionated using reverse-phase high performance liquid chromatography(HPLC) or the like, to separate peptides having different linkedconfigurations. Thereafter, either by comparing these fractions with theelution of the native material or by using a simple assay, theparticular fraction having the correct linkage for maximum biologicalpotency is easily determined. However, because of the dilution resultingfrom the presence of other fractions of less biopotency, a somewhathigher dosage may be required.

The peptides are synthesized by a suitable method, such as byexclusively solid-phase techniques, by partial solid-phase techniques,by fragment condensation or by classical solution couplings.

In conventional solution phase peptide synthesis, the peptide chain canbe prepared by a series of coupling reactions in which constituent aminoacids are added to the growing peptide chain in the desired sequence.Use of various coupling reagents, e.g., dicyclohexylcarbodiimide ordiisopropylcarbonyldimidazole, various active esters, e.g., esters ofN-hydroxyphthalimide or N-hydroxy-succinimide, and the various cleavagereagents, to carry out reaction in solution, with subsequent isolationand purification of intermediates, is well known classical peptidemethodology. Classical solution synthesis is described in detail in thetreatise, “Methoden der Organischen Chemie (Houben-Weyl): Synthese vonPeptiden,” (1974). Techniques of exclusively solid-phase synthesis areset forth in the textbook, “Solid-Phase Peptide Synthesis,” (Stewart andYoung, 1969), and are exemplified by the disclosure of U.S. Pat. No.4,105,603 (Vale et al., 1978). The fragment condensation method ofsynthesis is exemplified in U.S. Pat. No. 3,972,859 (1976). Otheravailable syntheses are exemplified by U.S. Pat. No. 3,842,067 (1974)and U.S. Pat. No. 3,862,925 (1975). The synthesis of peptides containingγ-carboxyglutamic acid residues is exemplified by Rivier et al. (1987),Nishiuchi et al. (1993) and Zhou et al. (1996).

Common to such chemical syntheses is the protection of the labile sidechain groups of the various amino acid moieties with suitable protectinggroups which will prevent a chemical reaction from occurring at thatsite until the group is ultimately removed. Usually also common is theprotection of an α-amino group on an amino acid or a fragment while thatentity reacts at the carboxyl group, followed by the selective removalof the α-amino protecting group to allow subsequent reaction to takeplace at that location. Accordingly, it is common that, as a step insuch a synthesis, an intermediate compound is produced which includeseach of the amino acid residues located in its desired sequence in thepeptide chain with appropriate side-chain protecting groups linked tovarious ones of the residues having labile side chains.

As far as the selection of a side chain amino protecting group isconcerned, generally one is chosen which is not removed duringdeprotection of the α-amino groups during the synthesis. However, forsome amino acids, e.g., His, protection is not generally necessary. Inselecting a particular side chain protecting group to be used in thesynthesis of the peptides, the following general rules are followed: (a)the protecting group preferably retains its protecting properties and isnot split off under coupling conditions, (b) the protecting group shouldbe stable under the reaction conditions selected for removing theα-amino protecting group at each step of the synthesis, and (c) the sidechain protecting group must be removable, upon the completion of thesynthesis containing the desired amino acid sequence, under reactionconditions that will not undesirably alter the peptide chain.

It should be possible to prepare many, or even all, of these peptidesusing recombinant DNA technology. However, when peptides are not soprepared, they are preferably prepared using the Merrifield solid-phasesynthesis, although other equivalent chemical syntheses known in the artcan also be used as previously mentioned. Solid-phase synthesis iscommenced from the C-terminus of the peptide by coupling a protectedα-amino acid to a suitable resin. Such a starting material can beprepared by attaching an α-amino-protected amino acid by an esterlinkage to a chloromethylated resin or a hydroxymethyl resin, or by anamide bond to a benzhydrylamine (BHA) resin or paramethylbenzhydrylamine(MBHA) resin. Preparation of the hydroxymethyl resin is described byBodansky et al. (1966). Chloromethylated resins are commerciallyavailable from Bio Rad Laboratories (Richmond, Calif.) and from Lab.Systems, Inc. The preparation of such a resin is described by Stewartand Young (1969). BHA and MBHA resin supports are commerciallyavailable, and are generally used when the desired polypeptide beingsynthesized has an unsubstituted amide at the C-terminus. Thus, solidresin supports may be any of those known in the art, such as one havingthe formulae —O—CH₂-resin support, —NH BHA resin support, or —NH-MBHAresin support. When the unsubstituted amide is desired, use of a BHA orMBHA resin is preferred, because cleavage directly gives the amide. Incase the N-methyl amide is desired, it can be generated from an N-methylBHA resin. Should other substituted amides be desired, the teaching ofU.S. Pat. No. 4,569,967 (Kornreich et al., 1986) can be used, or shouldstill other groups than the free acid be desired at the C-terminus, itmay be preferable to synthesize the peptide using classical methods asset forth in the Houben-Weyl text (1974).

The C-terminal amino acid, protected by Boc or Fmoc and by a side-chainprotecting group, if appropriate, can be first coupled to achloromethylated resin according to the procedure set forth in K. Horikiet al. (1978), using KF in DMF at about 60° C. for 24 hours withstirring, when a peptide having free acid at the C-terminus is to besynthesized. Following the coupling of the BOC-protected amino acid tothe resin support, the α-amino protecting group is removed, as by usingtrifluoroacetic acid (TFA) in methylene chloride or TFA alone. Thedeprotection is carried out at a temperature between about 0° C. androom temperature. Other standard cleaving reagents, such as HCl indioxane, and conditions for removal of specific α-amino protectinggroups may be used as described in Schroder & Lubke (1965).

After removal of the α-amino-protecting group, the remaining α-amino—andside chain—protected amino acids are coupled step-wise in the desiredorder to obtain the intermediate compound defined hereinbefore, or as analternative to adding each amino acid separately in the synthesis, someof them may be coupled to one another prior to addition to the solidphase reactor. Selection of an appropriate coupling reagent is withinthe skill of the art. Particularly suitable as a coupling reagent isN,N′-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide (DCC, DIC, HBTU, HATU, TBTU in thepresence of HoBt or HoAt).

The activating reagents used in the solid phase synthesis of thepeptides are well known in the peptide art. Examples of suitableactivating reagents are carbodiimides, such asN,N′-diisopropylcarbodiimide andN-ethyl-N′-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)carbodiimide. Other activatingreagents and their use in peptide coupling are described by Schroder &Lubke (1965) and Kapoor (1970).

Each protected amino acid or amino acid sequence is introduced into thesolid-phase reactor in about a twofold or more excess, and the couplingmay be carried out in a medium of dimethylformamide (DMF):CH₂Cl₂ (1:1)or in DMF or CH₂Cl₂ alone. In cases where intermediate coupling occurs,the coupling procedure is repeated before removal of the α-aminoprotecting group prior to the coupling of the next amino acid. Thesuccess of the coupling reaction at each stage of the synthesis, ifperformed manually, is preferably monitored by the ninhydrin reaction,as described by Kaiser et al. (1970). Coupling reactions can beperformed automatically, as on a Beckman 990 automatic synthesizer,using a program such as that reported in Rivier et al. (1978).

After the desired amino acid sequence has been completed, theintermediate peptide can be removed from the resin support by treatmentwith a reagent, such as liquid hydrogen fluoride or TFA (if using Fmocchemistry), which not only cleaves the peptide from the resin but alsocleaves all remaining side chain protecting groups and also the α-aminoprotecting group at the N-terminus if it was not previously removed toobtain the peptide in the form of the free acid. If Met is present inthe sequence, the Boc protecting group is preferably first removed usingtrifluoroacetic acid (TFA)/ethanedithiol prior to cleaving the peptidefrom the resin with HF to eliminate potential S-alkylation. When usinghydrogen fluoride or TFA for cleaving, one or more scavengers such asanisole, cresol, dimethyl sulfide and methylethyl sulfide are includedin the reaction vessel.

Cyclization of the linear peptide is preferably affected, as opposed tocyclizing the peptide while a part of the peptido-resin, to create bondsbetween Cys residues. To effect such a disulfide cyclizing linkage,fully protected peptide can be cleaved from a hydroxymethylated resin ora chloromethylated resin support by ammonolysis, as is well known in theart, to yield the fully protected amide intermediate, which isthereafter suitably cyclized and deprotected. Alternatively,deprotection, as well as cleavage of the peptide from the above resinsor a benzhydrylamine (BHA) resin or a methylbenzhydrylamine (MBHA), cantake place at 0° C. with hydrofluoric acid (HF) or TFA, followed byoxidation as described above.

The peptides are also synthesized using an automatic synthesizer. Aminoacids are sequentially coupled to an MBHA Rink resin (typically 100 mgof resin) beginning at the C-terminus using an Advanced Chemtech 357Automatic Peptide Synthesizer. Couplings are carried out using1,3-diisopropylcarbodimide in N-methylpyrrolidinone (NMP) or by2-(1H-benzotriazole-1-yl)-1,1,3,3-tetramethyluronium hexafluorophosphate(HBTU) and diethylisopropylethylamine (DIEA). The FMOC protecting groupis removed by treatment with a 20% solution of piperidine indimethylformamide(DMF). Resins are subsequently washed with DMF (twice),followed by methanol and NMP.

Pharmaceutical compositions containing a compound of the presentinvention or its pharmaceutically acceptable salts as the activeingredient can be prepared according to conventional pharmaceuticalcompounding techniques. See, for example, Remington's PharmaceuticalSciences, 18th Ed. (1990, Mack Publishing Co., Easton, Pa.). Typically,an antagonistic amount of the active ingredient will be admixed with apharmaceutically acceptable carrier. The carrier may take a wide varietyof forms depending on the form of preparation desired foradministration, e.g., intravenous, oral or parenteral. The compositionsmay further contain antioxidizing agents, stabilizing agents,preservatives and the like.

For oral administration, the compounds can be formulated into solid orliquid preparations such as capsules, pills, tablets, lozenges, melts,powders, suspensions or emulsions. In preparing the compositions in oraldosage form, any of the usual pharmaceutical media may be employed, suchas, for example, water, glycols, oils, alcohols, flavoring agents,preservatives, coloring agents, suspending agents, and the like in thecase of oral liquid preparations (such as, for example, suspensions,elixirs and solutions); or carriers such as starches, sugars, diluents,granulating agents, lubricants, binders, disintegrating agents and thelike in the case of oral solid preparations (such as, for example,powders, capsules and tablets). Because of their ease in administration,tablets and capsules represent the most advantageous oral dosage unitform, in which case solid pharmaceutical carriers are obviouslyemployed. If desired, tablets may be sugar-coated or enteric-coated bystandard techniques. The active agent can be encapsulated to make itstable to passage through the gastrointestinal tract while at the sametime allowing for passage across the blood brain barrier. See forexample, WO 96/11698.

For parenteral administration, the compound may be dissolved in apharmaceutical carrier and administered as either a solution or asuspension. Illustrative of suitable carriers are water, saline,dextrose solutions, fructose solutions, ethanol, or oils of animal,vegetative or synthetic origin. The carrier may also contain otheringredients, for example, preservatives, suspending agents, solubilizingagents, buffers and the like. When the compounds are being administeredintrathecally, they may also be dissolved in cerebrospinal fluid.

The active agent is preferably administered in an therapeuticallyeffective amount. The actual amount administered, and the rate andtime-course of administration, will depend on the nature and severity ofthe condition being treated. Prescription of treatment, e.g. decisionson dosage, timing, etc., is within the responsibility of generalpractitioners or specialists, and typically takes account of thedisorder to be treated, the condition of the individual patient, thesite of delivery, the method of administration and other factors knownto practitioners. Examples of techniques and protocols can be found inRemington's Pharmaceutical Sciences. Typically the conopeptides of thepresent invention exhibit their effect at a dosage range from about0.001 mg/kg to about 250 mg/kg, preferably from about 0.05 mg/kg toabout 100 mg/kg of the active ingredient, more preferably from a bout0.1 mg/kg to about 75 mg/kg. A suitable dose can be administered inmultiple sub-doses per day. Typically, a dose or sub-dose may containfrom about 0.1 mg to about 500 mg of the active ingredient per unitdosage form. A more preferred dosage will contain from about 0.5 mg toabout 100 mg of active ingredient per unit dosage form. Dosages aregenerally initiated at lower levels and increased until desired effectsare achieved.

Alternatively, targeting therapies may be used to deliver the activeagent more specifically to certain types of cell, by the use oftargeting systems such as antibodies or cell specific ligands. Targetingmay be desirable for a variety of reasons, e.g. if the agent isunacceptably toxic, or if it would otherwise require too high a dosage,or if it would not otherwise be able to enter the target cells.

The active agents, which are peptides, can also be administered in acell based delivery system in which a DNA sequence encoding an activeagent is introduced into cells designed for implantation in the body ofthe patient, especially in the spinal cord region. Suitable deliverysystems are described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,550,050 and published PCTApplication Nos. WO 92/19195, WO 94/25503, WO 95/01203, WO 95/05452, WO96/02286, WO 96/02646, WO 96/40871, WO 96/40959 and WO 97/12635.Suitable DNA sequences can be prepared synthetically for each activeagent on the basis of the developed sequences and the known geneticcode.

EXAMPLES

The present invention is described by reference to the followingExamples, which are offered by way of illustration and are not intendedto limit the invention in any manner. Standard techniques well known inthe art or the techniques specifically described below were utilized.

Example 1 Isolation of α-Conotoxins

Crude venom was extracted from venom ducts (Cruz et al., 1976), and thecomponents were purified as previously described (Cartier et al.,1996a). The crude extract from venom ducts was purified by reverse phaseliquid chromatography (RPLC) using a Vydac C₁₈ semi-preparative column(10×250 mm) and elution with a linear gradient of acetonitrile in 0.1%TFA. Further purification of bioactive peaks was done on a Vydac C₁₈analytical column (4.6×220 mm) eluted with a gradient of acetonitrile in0.1% TFA. The effluents were monitored at 220 nm. Peaks were collected,and aliquots were assayed for activity. Activity was monitored byassessing block of α3β4 nAChRs expressed in Xenopus oocytes.

The amino acid sequence of the purified peptides were determined bystandard methods. The purified peptides were reduced and alkylated priorto sequencing by automated Edman degradation on an Applied Biosystems477A Protein Sequencer with a 120A Analyzer (DNA/Peptide Facility,University of Utah) (Martinez et al., 1995; Shon et al., 1994).

In accordance with this method, peptides MII, AuIA, AuIB, AuIC, MAR-1,MAR-2, TI, OB-29, EpI, S1.1, Bn1.1, Bn1.2, Ca1.1, Ca1.2, Cn1.1, Cn1.2and Sm1.3 were obtained.

Example 2 Synthesis of Conopeptides

The synthesis of conopeptides, either the mature toxins or the precursorpeptides, was separately performed using conventional protectionchemistry as described by Cartier et al. (1996). Briefly, the linearchains were built on Rink amide resin by Fmoc procedures with2-(1H-benzotriol-1-yl)-1,1,3,3,-tetramethyluronium tetrafluoroboratedcoupling using an ABI model 430A peptide synthesizer with amino acidderivatives purchased from Bachem (Torrance Calif.). Orthogonalprotection was used on cysteines: Cys³ and Cys¹⁶ were protected as thestable Cys(S-acetamidomethyl), while Cys² and Cys⁸ were protected as theacid-labile Cys(S-trityl). After removal of the terminal Fmoc protectinggroup and cleavage of the peptides from the resins, the releasedpeptides were precipitated by filtering the reaction mixture into −10°C. methyl t-butyl ether, which removed the protecting groups except onCys³ and Cys¹⁶. The peptides were dissolved in 0.1% TFA and 60%acetonitrile and purified by RPLC on a Vydac C₁₈ preparative column(22×250 mm) and eluted at a flow rate of 20 mL/min with a gradient ofacetonitrile in 0.1% TFA.

The disulfide bridges in the three conopeptides were formed as describedin Cartier et al. (1996). Briefly, the disulfide bridges between Cys²and Cys⁸ were formed by air oxidation which was judged to be complete byanalytical RPLC. The monocyclic peptides were purified by RPLC on aVydac C₁₈ preparative column (22×250 mm) and eluted with a gradient ofacetonitrile in 0.1% TFA. Removal of S-acetamidomethyl groups andclosure of the disulfide bridge between Cys³ and Cys¹⁶ was carried outsimultaneously be iodine oxidation. The cyclic peptides were purified byRPLC on a Vydac C₁₈ preparative column (22×250 mm) and eluted with agradient of acetonitrile in 0.1 % TFA.

Example 3 Isolation of DNA Encoding α-Conotoxins

DNA coding for α-conotoxins was isolated and cloned in accordance withconventional techniques using general procedures well known in the art,such as described in Olivera et al. (1996). Alternatively, cDNAlibraries was prepared from Conus venom duct using conventionaltechniques. DNA from single clones was amplified by conventionaltechniques using primers which correspond approximately to the M13universal priming site and the M13 reverse universal priming site.Clones having a size of approximately 300 nucleotides were sequenced andscreened for similarity in sequence to known α-conotoxins. The DNAsequences and encoded propeptide or peptide sequences are set forth inTables 1-134. TABLE 1 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 58) and Protein Sequence(SEQ ID NO: 59) of MII atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca accMet Phe Thr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc ccttca gat cgt gca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Aspggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aac gac aaa gcg tct gac Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala AlaAsn Asp Lys Ala Ser Asp gtg atc acg ctg gcc ctc aag gga tgc tgt tcc aacVal Ile Thr Leu Ala Leu Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser Asn cct gtc tgt cac ttg gagcat tca aac ctt tgt ggt Pro Val Cys His Leu Glu His Ser Asn Leu Cys Glyaga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg Arg Arg Arg ttcgagca

TABLE 2 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 60) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:61) of AuIA atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca gat cgtgca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp ggc agg aaggac gca gcg tct ggc ctg atc gct ctg Gly Arg Lys Asp Ala Ala Ser Gly LeuIle Ala Leu acc atc aag gga tgc tgt tct tat cct ccc tgt ttc Thr Ile LysGly Cys Cys Ser Tyr Pro Pro Cys Phe gcg act aat tca gac tat tgt ggttgacgacgct Ala Thr Asn Ser Asp Tyr Cys Gly gatgctccag gaccctctgaaccacgacgt

TABLE 3 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 62) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:63) of AuIB atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtc gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca gat cgtgca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp ggc agg aaggac gca gcg tct ggc ctg att gct ctg Gly Arg Lys Asp Ala Ala Ser Gly LeuIle Ala Leu acc atg aag gga tgc tgt tct tat cct ccc tgt ttc Thr Met LysGly Cys Cys Ser Tyr Pro Pro Cys Phe gcg act aat cca gac tgt ggt cga cgacgc tgatgctcca Ala Thr Asn Pro Asp Cys Gly Arg Arg Arg ggaccctctgaaccacgacg t

TABLE 4 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 64) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:65) of Tx1.3 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc tct tca ggt cgtagt aca ttt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Ser Ser Gly Arg Ser Thr Phe cgt ggc aggaat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg tct ggc ctg Arg Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys AlaSer Gly Leu gtc agt ctg act gac agg aga cca gaa tgc tgt agt Val Ser LeuThr Asp Arg Arg Pro Glu Cys Cys Ser gat cct cgc tgt aac tcg agt cat ccagaa ctt tgt Asp Pro Arg Cys Asn Ser Ser His Pro Glu Leu Cys ggt gga agacgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Gly Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 5 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 66) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:67) of Tx1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr gcc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca gat cgtgca tct gat Ala Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp gac ggg aaagcc gct gcg tct gac ctg atc act ctg Asp Gly Lys Ala Ala Ala Ser Asp LeuIle Thr Leu acc atc aag gga tgc tgt tct cgt cct ccc tgt atc Thr Ile LysGly Cys Cys Ser Arg Pro Pro Cys Ile gcg aat aat cca gac ttg tgt ggttgacgacgct Ala Asn Asn Pro Asp Leu Cys Gly gatgctccag aacggtctgaaccacgacgt tcgagcaatg ttcaccgtgt ttctgttggt tgtctt

TABLE 6 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 68) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:69) of Tx1.1 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca ggt cgtagt aca ttt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Gly Arg Ser Thr Phe cgt ggc aggaat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg tct ggc ctg Arg Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys AlaSer Gly Leu gtc agt ctg act gac agg aga cca caa tgc tgt tct Val Ser LeuThr Asp Arg Arg Pro Gln Cys Cys Ser cat cct gcc tgt aac gta gat cat ccagaa att tgt His Pro Ala Cys Asn Val Asp His Pro Glu Ile Cys cgttgaagacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt Arg

TABLE 7 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 70) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:71) of R1.1A atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca ggt cgtcgt aca ttt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Gly Arg Arg Thr Phe cat ggc aggaat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg tct ggc ctg His Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys AlaSer Gly Leu gtc agt ctg act gac agg aga cca gaa tgc tgt tct Val Ser LeuThr Asp Arg Arg Pro Glu Cys Cys Ser cat cct gcc tgt aac gta gat cat ccagaa att tgt His Pro Ala Cys Asn Val Asp His Pro Glu Ile Cys cgttgaagacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt Arg

TABLE 8 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 72) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:73) of R1.1B atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca ggt cgtagt aca ttt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Gly Arg Ser Thr Phe cgt ggc aggaat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg tct ggc ctg Arg Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys AlaSer Gly Leu gtc agt ctg act gac agg aga cca caa tgc tgt tct Val Ser LeuThr Asp Arg Arg Pro Gln Cys Cys Ser cat cct gcc tgt aac gta gat cat ccagaa att tgc His Pro Ala Cys Asn Val Asp His Pro Glu Ile Cys gattgaagacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt Asp

TABLE 9 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 74) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:75) of S1.1 atg ttc act gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca atc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Ile act gtc gtt tcc ttc cct tta gat cgtgaa tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Leu Asp Arg Glu Ser Asp ggc gcg aatgcc gaa gcc cgc acc cac gat cat gag Gly Ala Asn Ala Glu Ala Arg Thr HisAsp His Glu aag cac gca ctg gac cgg aat gga tgc tgt agg aat Lys His AlaLeu Asp Arg Asn Gly Cys Cys Arg Asn cct gcc tgt gag agc cac aga tgt ggttgacgacgct Pro Ala Cys Glu Ser His Arg Cys Gly gatgctccag gaccctctgaaccacgacgt tcgagca

TABLE 10 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 76) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:77) of Bn1.1 atg ttc acc atg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrMet Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc gct tca gat cgtgca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Ala Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp ggc agg aatgcc gca gcc aag gac aaa gcg tct gac Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Asp LysAla Ser Asp ctg gtc gct ctg acc gtc aag gga tgc tgt tct cat Leu Val AlaLeu Thr Val Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser His cct gcc tgt agc gtg aat aat cca gacatt tgt ggt Pro Ala Cys Ser Val Asn Asn Pro Asp Ile Cys Gly tgaagacgctgatgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt tcgagca

TABLE 11 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 78) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:79) of Bn1.2 aaa gaa tgc tgt act cat cct gcc tgt cac gtg agt Lys Glu CysCys Thr His Pro Ala Cys His Val Ser cat cca gaa ctc tgt ggt tgaaaagcgacgtgacgctc His Pro Glu Leu Cys Gly caggaccctc tgaaccacga cgttcgagca

TABLE 12 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 80) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:81) of Bn1.3 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca act Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr gct gtt ctt cca gtc act tta gat cgtgca tct gat Ala Val Leu Pro Val Thr Leu Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp gga agg aatgca gca gcc aac gcc aaa acg cct cgc Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Ala LysThr Pro Arg ctg atc gcg cca ttc atc agg gat tat tgc tgt cat Leu Ile AlaPro Phe Ile Arg Asp Tyr Cys Cys His aga ggt ccc tgt atg gta tgg tgt ggttgaagccgct Arg Gly Pro Cys Met Val Trp Cys Gly gctgctccag gaccctctgaaccac

TABLE 13 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 82) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:83) of Ca1.1 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtg gtt tcc ttc act tca gat cgtgct tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp ggc agg aatgcc gca gcc aac gcg ttt gac ctg atc Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Ala PheAsp Leu Ile gct ctg atc gcc agg caa aat tgc tgt agc att ccc Ala Leu IleAla Arg Gln Asn Cys Cys Ser Ile Pro agc tgt tgg gag aaa tat aaa tgt agttaa Ser Cys Trp Glu Lys Tyr Lys Cys Ser

TABLE 14 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 84) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:85) of Ca1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtg gtt tcc ttc act tca gat cgtgcg tct gaa Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Glu ggc agg aatgct gca gcc aag gac aaa gcg tct gac Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Asp LysAla Ser Asp ctg gtg gct ctg aca gtc agg gga tgc tgt gcc att Leu Val AlaLeu Thr Val Arg Gly Cys Cys Ala Ile cgt gaa tgt cgc ttg cag aat gca gcgtat tgt ggt Arg Glu Cys Arg Leu Gln Asn Ala Ala Tyr Cys Gly gga ata tactgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg Gly Ile Tyr

TABLE 15 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 86) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:87) of TIB atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc cct tca gat attgca act gag Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Ser Asp Ile Ala Thr Glu ggc agg aatgcc gca gcc aaa gcg ttt gac ctg ata Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Ala PheAsp Leu Ile tct tcg atc gtc aag aaa gga tgc tgt tcc cat cct Ser Ser IleVal Lys Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro gcc tgt tcg ggg aat aat cca gaa ttttgt cgt caa Ala Cys Ser Gly Asn Asn Pro Glu Phe Cys Arg Gln ggt cgctgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Gly Arg

TABLE 16 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 88) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:89) of TIA atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc cct tca gat atagca act gag Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Ser Asp Ile Ala Thr Glu ggc agg aatgcc gca gcc aaa gcg ttt gac ctg ata Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Ala PheAsp Leu Ile tct tcg atc gtc agg aaa gga tgc tgt tcc aat ccc Ser Ser IleVal Arg Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser Asn Pro gcc tgt gcg ggg aat aat cca cat gtttgt cgt caa Ala Cys Ala Gly Asn Asn Pro His Val Cys Arg Gln ggt cgctgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Gly Arg

TABLE 17 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 90) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:91) of Sl1.1 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc aat tca gat cgtgat cca gca Thr Val Val Ser Phe Asn Ser Asp Arg Asp Pro Ala tta ggt ggcagg aat gct gca gcc aaa gcg tct gac Leu Gly Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala LysAla Ser Asp aag atc gct tcg acc ctc aag aga aga gga tgc tgt Lys Ile AlaSer Thr Leu Lys Arg Arg Gly Cys Cys tcg tat ttt gac tgt aga atg atg tttcca gaa atg Ser Tyr Phe Asp Cys Arg Met Met Phe Pro Glu Met tgt ggt tggcga ggc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg Cys Gly Trp Arg Gly aaccacgacg t

TABLE 18 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 92) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:93) of Sl1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc aat tca gat cgtgat cca gca Thr Val Val Ser Phe Asn Ser Asp Arg Asp Pro Ala tta ggt ggcagg aat gct gca gcc ata gcg tct gac Leu Gly Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala IleAla Ser Asp aag atc gct tcg acc ctc agg aga gga gga tgc tgt Lys Ile AlaSer Thr Leu Arg Arg Gly Gly Cys Cys tct ttt cct gcc tgt aga aag tat cgtcca gaa atg Ser Phe Pro Ala Cys Arg Lys Tyr Arg Pro Glu Met tgt ggt ggacga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg Cys Gly Gly Arg Arg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 19 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 94) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:95) of Sl1.3 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca gat catgaa tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp His Glu Ser Asp cgc ggt gatgcc caa acc atc caa gaa gtg ttt gag Arg Gly Asp Ala Gln Thr Ile Gln GluVal Phe Glu atg ttc gct ctg gac agc gat gga tgc tgt tgg cat Met Phe AlaLeu Asp Ser Asp Gly Cys Cys Trp His cct gct tgt ggc aga cac tat tgt ggtcga aga cgc Pro Ala Cys Gly Arg His Tyr Cys Gly Arg Arg Arg tgatgctccaggaccctctg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 20 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 96) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:97) of Sl1.6 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc aat tca gat cgtgat cca gca Thr Val Val Ser Phe Asn Ser Asp Arg Asp Pro Ala tta ggt ggcagg aat gct gca gcc ata gcg tct gac Leu Gly Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala IleAla Ser Asp aag atc gct tcg acc ctc agg aga gga gga tgc tgt Lys Ile AlaSer Thr Leu Arg Arg Gly Gly Cys Cys tct ttt gct gcc tgt aga aag tat cgtcca gaa atg Ser Phe Ala Ala Cys Arg Lys Tyr Arg Pro Glu Met tgt ggt ggacga cgc tgatgct Cys Gly Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 21 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 98) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:99) of Sl1.7 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt ctc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Leu Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc aat tca gat cgtgca tta ggt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Asn Ser Asp Arg Ala Leu Gly ggc agg aatgct gca gcc aaa gcg tct gac aag atc Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Ala SerAsp Lys Ile ctt tcg aac ctc agg aga gga gga tgc tgt ttt cat Leu Ser AsnLeu Arg Arg Gly Gly Cys Cys Phe His cct gtc tgt tac atc aat ctt cta gaaatg tgt cgt Pro Val Cys Tyr Ile Asn Leu Leu Glu Met Cys Arg caa cga ggctgatcgtcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Gln Arg Gly

TABLE 22 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 100) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:101) of Cn1.1 atg ttc acc gtg ttt Ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg aca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Thr Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc cct tca gatagt gca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Ser Asp Ser Ala Ser Asp gtc agggat gac gaa gcc aaa gac gaa agg tct gac Val Arg Asp Asp Glu Ala Lys AspGlu Arg Ser Asp atg tac aaa tcg aaa cgg aat gga cgc tgt tgc cat Met TyrLys Ser Lys Arg Asn Gly Arg Cys Cys His cct gcc tgt ggc aaa cac ttt agttgt gga cgc Pro Ala Cys Gly Lys His Phe Ser Cys Gly Arg tgatgctccaggaccctctg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 23 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 102) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:103) of SmI atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc tcc cct tca gat cgtgca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Ser Pro Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp ggc agg aatgcc gca gcc aac gag aaa gcg tct gac Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Glu LysAla Ser Asp gtg atc gcg ctg gcc ctc aag gga tgc tgt tcc aac Val Ile AlaLeu Ala Leu Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser Asn cct gtc tgt cac ctg gag cat tca aacatg tgt ggt Pro Val Cys His Leu Glu His Ser Asn Met Cys Gly aga aga cgctgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg Arg Arg Arg

TABLE 24 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 104) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:105) of Bt1.1 atg ttc tcc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheSer Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc tcc act tca ggtggt gca tct ggt Thr Val Val Ser Ser Thr Ser Gly Gly Ala Ser Gly ggc aggaag gct gca gcc aaa gcg tct aac cgg atc Gly Arg Lys Ala Ala Ala Lys AlaSer Asn Arg Ile gct ctg acc gtc agg agt gca aca tgc tgt aat tat Ala LeuThr Val Arg Ser Ala Thr Cys Cys Asn Tyr cct ccc tgt tac gag act tat ccagaa agt tgt ctg Pro Pro Cys Tyr Glu Thr Tyr Pro Glu Ser Cys Leutaacgtgaat catccagagc tttgtggctg aagacactga tgctccagga ccctctgaaccacgacgt

TABLE 25 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 106) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:107) of Bt1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtg gtt tcc ttc act tca ggtcgt gca ttt cgt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Gly Arg Ala Phe Arg ggc aggaat cgc gca gcc gac gac aaa agg tct gac Gly Arg Asn Arg Ala Ala Asp AspLys Arg Ser Asp ctg gcc gct ctg agc gtc agg gga gga tgc tgt tcc Leu AlaAla Leu Ser Val Arg Gly Gly Cys Cys Ser cat cct gcc tgt gcg gtg aat catcca gag ctt tgt His Pro Ala Cys Ala Val Asn His Pro Glu Leu Cys ggctgaagacgct gatgccccag gaccctctga accacgacgt Gly

TABLE 26 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 108) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:109) of Bt1.3 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca ggtcgt gca tct ggt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Gly Arg Ala Ser Gly ggc aggaat gct gca gcc aaa gcg tct aac cgg atc Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys AlaSer Asn Arg Ile gct atg gcc atc agc agt gga gca tgc tgt gca tat Ala MetAla Ile Ser Ser Gly Ala Cys Cys Ala Tyr cct ccc tgt ttc gag gct tat ccagaa aga tgt ctg Pro Pro Cys Phe Glu Ala Tyr Pro Glu Arg Cys Leutaacgtgaat catccagacc tttgtggctg aagacgctga tgccccagga ccctctgaaccacgacgt

TABLE 27 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 110) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:111) of Bt1.4 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca gatcgt gca ttt cgt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Arg Ala Phe Arg ggc aggaat tcc gca gcc aac gac aaa agg tct gac Gly Arg Asn Ser Ala Ala Asn AspLys Arg Ser Asp ctg gcc gct ctg agc gtc agg aga gga tgc tgc tcc Leu AlaAla Leu Ser Val Arg Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser cat ccc gcc tgt agc gtg aat catcca gag ctt tgt His Pro Ala Cys Ser Val Asn His Pro Glu Leu Cys ggt agaaga cgc tgatgcccca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Gly Arg Arg Arg

TABLE 28 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 112) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:113) of Bt1.5 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca ggtcgt gca tct ggt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Gly Arg Ala Ser Gly ggc aggaat gct gca gcc aaa gcg tct aac cgg atc Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys AlaSer Asn Arg Ile gct ctg atc gtc agg aat gca gaa tgc tgt tat tat Ala LeuIle Val Arg Asn Ala Glu Cys Cys Tyr Tyr cct ccc tgt tac gag gct tat ccagaa att tgt ctg Pro Pro Cys Tyr Glu Ala Tyr Pro Glu Ile Cys Leutaacgtgaat catccagacc tttgtggctg aagaccctga tgctccagga ccctctgaaccacgacgt

TABLE 29 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 114) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:115) of Pn1.1 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc att tcc ttc act tca gatcgt gca tct gat Thr Val Ile Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp ggc gggaat gcc gca gcg tct gac ctg atc gct ctg Gly Gly Asn Ala Ala Ala Ser AspLeu Ile Ala Leu acc atc aag gga tgc tgt tct cat cct ccc tgt gcc Thr IleLys Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Pro Cys Ala atg aat aat cca gac tat tgt ggttgacgacgct Met Asn Asn Pro Asp Tyr Cys Gly gatgctccag gaccctctgaaccacgacg

TABLE 30 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 116) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:117) of Pn1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca gatcgt gca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp ggc gggaat gcc gca atg tct gac ctg atc gct ctg Gly Gly Asn Ala Ala Met Ser AspLeu Ile Ala Leu acc atc aag gga tgc tgt tct cat cct ccc tgt ttc Thr IleLys Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Pro Cys Phe ctg aat aat cca gac tat tgt ggttgacgacgct Leu Asn Asn Pro Asp Tyr Cys Gly gatgctccag gaccctctgaaccacgacg

TABLE 31 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 118) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:119) of Sm1.3 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc cct tca gatcgt gaa tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Ser Asp Arg Glu Ser Asp ggc gcgaat gac gaa gcc cgc acc gac gag cct gag Gly Ala Asn Asp Glu Ala Arg ThrAsp Glu Pro Glu gag cac gga ccg gac agg aat gga tgc tgt agg aat Glu HisGly Pro Asp Arg Asn Gly Cys Cys Arg Asn cct gcc tgt gag agc cac aga tgtggt tgacgacgct Pro Ala Cys Glu Ser His Arg Cys Gly gatgctccag gaccctctgaaccacgacg

TABLE 32 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 120) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:121) of Cr1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc cct tca gatcgt gca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp ggc aggaat gcc gca gcc agc gac aga gcg tct gac Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Ser AspArg Ala Ser Asp gcg gcc cac cag gga tgc tgt tcc aac cct gtc tgt Ala AlaHis Gln Gly Cys Cys Ser Asn Pro Val Cys cac gtg gaa cat cca gaa ctt tgtcgt aga aga cgc His Val Glu His Pro Glu Leu Cys Arg Arg Arg Argtgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg

TABLE 33 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 122) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:123) of Cr1.3 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc cct tca aatcgt gaa tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Ser Asn Arg Glu Ser Asp ggc gcgaat gcc gaa gtc cgc acc gac gag cct gag Gly Ala Asn Ala Glu Val Arg ThrAsp Glu Pro Glu gag cac gac gaa ctg ggc ggg aat gga tgc tgt ggg Glu HisAsp Glu Leu Gly Gly Asn Gly Cys Cys Gly aat cct gac tgt acg agc cac agttgt gat tgacgacgct Asn Pro Asp Cys Thr Ser His Ser Cys Asp gatgctccaggaccctctga accacgacg

TABLE 34 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 124) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:125) of EpI atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca gat cgtgca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp agc agg aaggac gca gcg tct ggc ctg atc gct ctg Ser Arg Lys Asp Ala Ala Ser Gly LeuIle Ala Leu acc atc aag gga tgc tgt tct gat cct cgc tgt aac Thr Ile LysGly Cys Cys Ser Asp Pro Arg Cys Asn atg aat aat cca gac tat tgt ggttgacgacgct Met Asn Asn Pro Asp Tyr Cys Gly gatgctccag gaccctctgaaccacgacg

TABLE 35 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 126) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:127) of Sn1.1 atg tcc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ctc gca acc Met SerThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act gta gatcgt gca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Val Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp ggc agggat gtc gca atc gac gac aga ttg gtg tct Gly Arg Asp Val Ala Ile Asp AspArg Leu Val Ser ctc cct cag atc gcc cat gct gac tgt tgt tcc gat Leu ProGln Ile Ala His Ala Asp Cys Cys Ser Asp cct gcc tgc aag cag acg ccc ggttgt cgt taaagacgct Pro Ala Cys Lys Gln Thr Pro Gly Cys Arg gctgctccaggaccctctga accacgacg

TABLE 36 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 128) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:129) of Sn1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gct tcc ttc att atc gatgat cca tct gat Thr Val Ala Ser Phe Ile Ile Asp Asp Pro Ser Asp ggc aggaat att gca gtc gac gac aga ggg ctt ttc Gly Arg Asn Ile Ala Val Asp AspArg Gly Leu Phe tct acg ctc ttc cat gct gat tgc tgt gaa aat cct Ser ThrLeu Phe His Ala Asp Cys Cys Glu Asn Pro gcc tgt aga cac acg cag ggt tgttgatctttgt Ala Cys Arg His Thr Gln Gly Cys tcttcaaaga cactgctggcccaggaccct ctgaaccacg acg

TABLE 37 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 130) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:131) of Da1.1 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca gatcgt gca ttt cgt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Arg Ala Phe Arg ggc aggaat gcc gca gcc aaa gag tct ggc ctg gtc Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys GluSer Gly Leu Val ggt ctg acc gac aag acg cga gga tgc tgt tct cat Gly LeuThr Asp Lys Thr Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser His cct gcc tgt aac gta gat cat ccagaa att tgt ggt Pro Ala Cys Asn Val Asp His Pro Glu Ile Cys Glytgaagacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 38 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 132) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:133) of Da1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca gatggt gca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Gly Ala Ser Asp gac aggaaa gcc gct gcg tct gac ctg atc act ctg Asp Arg Lys Ala Ala Ala Ser AspLeu Ile Thr Leu acc atc aag gga tgc tgt tct cgt cct ccc tgt atc Thr IleLys Gly Cys Cys Ser Arg Pro Pro Cys Ile gcg aat aat cca gac ttg tgt ggtcga cga cgc Ala Asn Asn Pro Asp Leu Cys Gly Arg Arg Arg tgatgctccaggaccctctg

TABLE 39 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 134) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:135) of Da1.3 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc tcc act tca ggtcgt cgt gca ttt Thr Val Val Ser Ser Thr Ser Gly Arg Arg Ala Phe cat ggcagg aat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg tct gga ctg His Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala LysAla Ser Gly Leu gtc ggt ctg act gac agg aga cca caa tgc tgt agt Val GlyLeu Thr Asp Arg Arg Pro Gln Cys Cys Ser gat cct cgc tgt aac gta ggt catcca gaa ctt tgt Asp Pro Arg Cys Asn Val Gly His Pro Glu Leu Cys ggt ggaaga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacaacg t Gly Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 40 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 136) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:137) of Da1.4 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc tcc act tca ggtcgt gca ttt cat Thr Val Val Ser Ser Thr Ser Gly Arg Ala Phe His ggc aggaat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg tct ggc ctg gtc Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys AlaSer Gly Leu Val ggt ctg acc gac aag agg caa gta tgc tgt agt gat Gly LeuThr Asp Lys Arg Gln Val Cys Cys Ser Asp cct cgc tgt aac gta ggt cat ccagaa att tgt ggt Pro Arg Cys Asn Val Gly His Pro Glu Ile Cys Gly gga agacgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 41 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 138) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:139) of A1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg aca acc Met Phe ThrVal Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Thr Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc cct tca gat agtgca tct ggt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Ser Asp Ser Ala Ser Gly ggc agg gatgac gag gcc aaa gac gaa agg tct gac Gly Arg Asp Asp Glu Ala Lys Asp GluArg Ser Asp atg tac gaa ttg aaa cgg aat gga cgc tgt tgc cat Met Tyr GluLeu Lys Arg Asn Gly Arg Cys Cys His cct gcc tgt ggt ggc aaa tac gtt aaatgt gga cgc Pro Ala Cys Gly Gly Lys Tyr Val Lys Cys Gly Arg tgatgctccaggaccctctc gaaccacg

TABLE 42 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 140) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:141) of Bu1.1 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc tct aca gatgat gaa tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Ser Thr Asp Asp Glu Ser Asp ggc tcgaat gaa gaa ccc agc gcc gac cag act gcc Gly Ser Asn Glu Glu Pro Ser AlaAsp Gln Thr Ala agg tcc tca atg aac agg gcg cct gga tgc tgt aac Arg SerSer Met Asn Arg Ala Pro Gly Cys Cys Asn aat cct gcc tgt gtg aag cac agatgt gga tgacgctgat Asn Pro Ala Cys Val Lys His Arg Cys Gly gctccaggaccctctgaacc acgacgt

TABLE 43 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 142) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:143) of Bu1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc tct aca gatgat gaa tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Ser Thr Asp Asp Glu Ser Asp ggc tcgaat gaa gaa ccc agc gcc gac cag gct gcc Gly Ser Asn Glu Glu Pro Ser AlaAsp Gln Ala Ala agg tcc gca atg aac agg ccg cct gga tgc tgt aac Arg SerAla Met Asn Arg Pro Pro Gly Cys Cys Asn aat cct gcc tgt gtg aag cac agatgt ggt gga Asn Pro Ala Cys Val Lys His Arg Cys Gly Gly tgacgctgatgctccaggac cctctgaacc acgacgt

TABLE 44 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 144) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:145) of Bu1.3 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc cct tca gatcgt gac tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Ser Asp Arg Asp Ser Asp ggc gcggat gcc gaa gcc agt gac gag cct gtt gag Gly Ala Asp Ala Glu Ala Ser AspGlu Pro Val Glu ttc gaa agg gac gag aat gga tgc tgt tgg aat cct Phe GluArg Asp Glu Asn Gly Cys Cys Trp Asn Pro tcc tgt ccg agg ccc aga tgt acagga cga cgc Ser Cys Pro Arg Pro Arg Cys Thr Gly Arg Arg taatgctccaggaccctctg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 45 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 146) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:170) of Bu1.4 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg aca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Thr Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc cct tca gatcgt gca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp ggc aggaat gcc gca gcc aac gac aaa gcg tct gac Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn AspLys Ala Ser Asp gtg gtc acg ctg gtc ctc aag gga tgc tgt tcc acc Val ValThr Leu Val Leu Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser Thr cct ccc tgt gct gtg ctg tat tgtggt aga aga cgc Pro Pro Cys Ala Val Leu Tyr Cys Gly Arg Arg Argtgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 46 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 148) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:149) of Di1.1 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttc gca tcc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Phe Ala Ser tct gtc acc tta gat cgt gca tcttat ggc agg tat Ser Val Thr Leu Asp Arg Ala Ser Tyr Gly Arg Tyr gcc tcaccc gtc gac aga gcg tct gcc ctg atc gct Ala Ser Pro Val Asp Arg Ala SerAla Leu Ile Ala cag gcc atc ctt cga gat tgc tgc tcc aat cct cct Gln AlaIle Leu Arg Asp Cys Cys Ser Asn Pro Pro tgt gcc cat aat aat cca gac tgtcgt taaagacgct Cys Ala His Asn Asn Pro Asp Cys Arg gcttgctcca ggaccctctgaaccacgacg t

TABLE 47 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 150) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:151) of T1 gga tgc tgt tct aat cct ccc tgt atc gcg aag aat Gly Cys CysSer Asn Pro Pro Cys Ile Ala Lys Asn cca cac atg tgt ggt gga aga cgc tgaPro His Met Cys Gly Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 48 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 152) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:153) of Cn1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc ttc cct tca gatcgt gca tct gat Thr Val Val Ser Phe Pro Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp ggc aggaat gcc gca gcc aac gac aaa gcg tct gac Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn AspLys Ala Ser Asp gtg atc acg ctg gcc ctc aag gga tgc tgt tcc aac Val IleThr Leu Ala Leu Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser Asn cct gtc tgt cac ttg gag cat tcaaac ctt tgt ggt Pro Val Cys His Leu Glu His Ser Asn Leu Cys Gly aga agacgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Arg Arg Arg

TABLE 49 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 233) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:234) of Im1.1 tct gat gga aag agt gcc gcg gcc aaa gcc aaa ccg Ser AspGly Lys Ser Ala Ala Ala Lys Ala Lys Pro tct cac ctg acg gct cca ttc atcagg gac gaa tgc Ser His Leu Thr Ala Pro Phe Ile Arg Asp Glu Cys tgt tccgat tct cgc tgt ggc aag aac tgt ctt tga Cys Ser Asp Ser Arg Cys Gly LysAsn Cys Leu

TABLE 50 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 235) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:236) of Im1.2 ttt gat gga agg aat gcc cca gcc gac gac aaa gcg Phe AspGly Arg Asn Ala Pro Ala Asp Asp Lys Ala tct gac ctg atc gct caa atc gtcagg aga gca tgc Ser Asp Leu Ile Ala Gln Ile Val Arg Arg Ala Cys tgt tccgat cgt cgc tgt aga tgg agg tgt ggt tga Cys Ser Asp Arg Arg Cys Arg TrpArg Cys Gly

TABLE 51 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 237) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:238) of Rg1.2 tct gat gga agg aat gcc gca gcc gac gcc aga gcg Ser AspGly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asp Ala Arg Ala tct ccc cgg atc gct ctt ttc ctcagg ttc aca tgc Ser Pro Arg Ile Ala Leu Phe Leu Arg Phe Thr Cys tgt aggaga ggt acc tgt tcc cag cac tgt ggt Cys Arg Arg Gly Thr Cys Ser Gln HisCys Gly tgaagacact gctgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 52 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 239) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:240) of Rg1.6 tct aat gga agg aat gcc gca gcc gac gcc aaa gcg Ser AsnGly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asp Ala Lys Ala tct caa cgg atc gct cca ttc ctcagg gac tat tgc Ser Gln Arg Ile Ala Pro Phe Leu Arg Asp Tyr Cys tgt aggaga cat gcc tgt acg ttg att tgt ggt Cys Arg Arg His Ala Cys Thr Leu IleCys Gly tgaagacgct gctgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 53 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 241) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:242) of Rg1.6A tct aat gga agg aat gcc gca gcc gac gcc aaa gcg Ser AsnGly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asp Ala Lys Ala tct caa cgg atc gct cca ttc ctcagg gac tat tgc Ser Gln Arg Ile Ala Pro Phe Leu Arg Asp Tyr Cys tgt aggaga cct ccc tgt acg ttg att tgt ggt Cys Arg Arg Pro Pro Cys Thr Leu IleCys Gly tgaagacgct gctgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 54 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 243) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:244) of Rg1.7 tct aat aaa agg aag aat gcc gca atg ctt gac atg Ser AsnLys Arg Lys Asn Ala Ala Met Leu Asp Met atc gct caa cac gcc ata agg ggttgc tgt tcc gat Ile Ala Gln His Ala Ile Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser Asp cct cgctgt aga tat aga tgt cgt tgaagacgct Pro Arg Cys Arg Tyr Arg Cys Arggctgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 55 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 245) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:246) of Rg1.9 ttt aat gga agg agt gcc gca gcc gac caa aat gcg Phe AsnGly Arg Ser Ala Ala Ala Asp Gln Asn Ala cct ggc ctg atc gct caa gtc gtcaga gga ggg tgc Pro Gly Leu Ile Ala Gln Val Val Arg Gly Gly Cys tgt tccgat ccc cgc tgc gcc tgg aga tgt ggt Cys Ser Asp Pro Arg Cys Ala Trp ArgCys Gly tgaagacgtt gctgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 56 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 247) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:248) of Rg1.10 ttt gat gga agg aat gcc gca gcc gac gcc aaa gtg Phe AspGly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asp Ala Lys Val att aac acg gtc gct cga atc gcctgg gat ata tgc Ile Asn Thr Val Ala Arg Ile Ala Trp Asp Ile Cys tgt tccgaa cct gac tgt aac cat aaa tgt gtt Cys Ser Glu Pro Asp Cys Asn His LysCys Val tgaagacgct tctgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 57 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 249) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:250) of Rg1.11 tct aat aaa agg aag aat gcc gca atg ctt gac atg Ser AsnLys Arg Lys Asn Ala Ala Met Leu Asp Met atc gct caa cac gcc ata agg ggttgc tgt tcc gat Ile Ala Gln His Ala Ile Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser Asp cct cgctgt aaa cat cag tgt ggt tgaagacgct Pro Arg Cys Lys His Gln Cys Glygctgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 58 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 251) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:252) of Ms1.7 atc aag aat aca gca gcc agc aac aaa gcg tct agc Ile LysAsn Thr Ala Ala Ser Asn Lys Ala Ser Ser ctg gtg gct ctt gtt gtc agg ggatgc tgt tac aat Leu Val Ala Leu Val Val Arg Gly Cys Cys Tyr Asn cct gtctgc aag aaa tat tat tgt tgg aaa ggc Pro Val Cys Lys Lys Tyr Tyr Cys TrpLys Gly tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 59 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 253) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:254) of P1.7 tct gaa ggc agg aat gct gaa gcc atc gac aac gcc Ser Glu GlyArg Asn Ala Glu Ala Ile Asp Asn Ala tta gac cag agg gat cca aag cga caggag ccg ggg Leu Asp Gln Arg Asp Pro Lys Arg Gln Glu Pro Gly tgc tgt aggcat cct gcc tgt ggg aag aac aga tgt Cys Cys Arg His Pro Ala Cys Gly LysAsn Arg Cys gga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 60 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 255) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:256) of Ms1.2 tct gat ggc agg aat att gca gtc gac gac aga tgg Ser AspGly Arg Asn Ile Ala Val Asp Asp Arg Trp tct ttc tat acg ctc ttc cat gctact tgc tgt gcc Ser Phe Tyr Thr Leu Phe His Ala Thr Cys Cys Ala gat cctgac tgt aga ttc cgg ccc ggt tgt tgatctttgt Asp Pro Asp Cys Arg Phe ArgPro Gly Cys tcttcaaaga cgctgctggc ccaggaccct ctgaaccacg acgt

TABLE 61 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 257) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:258) of Ms1.3 atc aag aat act gca gcc agc aac aaa gcg cct agc Ile LysAsn Thr Ala Ala Ser Asn Lys Ala Pro Ser ctg gtg gct att gcc gtc agg ggatgc tgt tac aat Leu Val Ala Ile Ala Val Arg Gly Cys Cys Tyr Asn cct tcctgt tgg ccg aaa aca tat tgt agt tggaaaggct Pro Ser Cys Trp Pro Lys ThrTyr Cys Ser gatgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 62 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 259) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:260) of Ms1.4 tct gat agc agg aat gtc gca atc gag gac aga gtg Ser AspSer Arg Asn Val Ala Ile Glu Asp Arg Val tct gac ctg cac tct atg ttc ttcgat gtt tct tgc Ser Asp Leu His Ser Met Phe Phe Asp Val Ser Cys tgt agcaat cct acc tgt aaa gaa acg tat ggt tgt Cys Ser Asn Pro Thr Cys Lys GluThr Tyr Gly Cys tgatcgttgg ttttgaagac gctgatgctc caggaccctc

TABLE 63 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 261) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:262) of Ms1.5 tct gtt ggc agg aat att gca gtc gac gac aga ggg Ser ValGly Arg Asn Ile Ala Val Asp Asp Arg Gly att ttc tct acg ctc ttc cat gctcat tgc tgt gcc Ile Phe Ser Thr Leu Phe His Ala His Cys Cys Ala aat cccatc tgt aaa aac acg ccc ggt tgt tgatctttgt Asn Pro Ile Cys Lys Asn ThrPro Gly Cys tcttcaaaga cgctgctggc ccaggaccct ctgaaccacg acgt

TABLE 64 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 263) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:264) of Ms1.8 tcc gat ggc agg aat gtc gca atc gac gac aga gtg Ser AspGly Arg Asn Val Ala Ile Asp Asp Arg Val tct gac ctg cac tct atg ttc ttcgat att gct tgc Ser Asp Leu His Ser Met Phe Phe Asp Ile Ala Cys tgt aacaat cct acc tgt aaa gaa acg tat ggt tgt Cys Asn Asn Pro Thr Cys Lys GluThr Tyr Gly Cys tgatcgttgg ttttgaagac gctgatgctc caggaccctc tgaaccacgacgt

TABLE 65 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 265) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:266) of Ms1.9 tct gat ggc agg aat gtc gca atc gag gac aga gtg Ser AspGly Arg Asn Val Ala Ile Glu Asp Arg Val tct gac ctg ctc tct atg ctc ttcgat gtt gct tgc Ser Asp Leu Leu Ser Met Leu Phe Asp Val Ala Cys tgt agcaat cct gtc tgt aaa gaa acg tat ggt tgt Cys Ser Asn Pro Val Cys Lys GluThr Tyr Gly Cys tgatcgttgg ttttgaagac gctgatgctc caggaccctc tgaaccacgacgt

TABLE 66 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 267) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:268) of Bt1.7 tat gat ggc agg aat gct gcc gcc gac gac aaa gct Tyr AspGly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asp Asp Lys Ala ttt gac ctg ctg gct atg acc ataagg gga gga tgc Phe Asp Leu Leu Ala Met Thr Ile Arg Gly Gly Cys tgt tcctat cct ccc tgt atc gcg agt aat cct aaa Cys Ser Tyr Pro Pro Cys Ile AlaSer Asn Pro Lys tgt ggt gga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg Cys Gly GlyArg Arg aaccacaacg t

TABLE 67 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 269) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:270) of Lv1.5 ttt gat ggc agg aat gct gca ggc aac gcc aaa atg Phe AspGly Arg Asn Ala Ala Gly Asn Ala Lys Met tcc gcc ctg atg gcc ctg acc atcagg gga tgc tgt Ser Ala Leu Met Ala Leu Thr Ile Arg Gly Cys Cys tcc catcct gtc tgt agc gcg atg agt cca atc tgt Ser His Pro Val Cys Ser Ala MetSer Pro Ile Cys ggc tgaagacgct gatgccccag gaccctctga accacgacgt Gly

TABLE 68 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 271) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:272) of Ms1.10 atc aag aat gct gca gct gac gac aaa gca tct gac Ile LysAsn Ala Ala Ala Asp Asp Lys Ala Ser Asp ctg ctc tct cag atc gtc agg aatgct gca tcc aat Leu Leu Ser Gln Ile Val Arg Asn Ala Ala Ser Asn gac aaaggg tct gac ctg atg act ctt gcc ctc agg Asp Lys Gly Ser Asp Leu Met ThrLeu Ala Leu Arg gga tgc tgt aaa aat cct tac tgt ggt gcg tcg aaa Gly CysCys Lys Asn Pro Tyr Cys Gly Ala Ser Lys aca tat tgt ggt aga aga cgctgatgctcca ggaccctctg Thr Tyr Cys Gly Arg Arg Arg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 69 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 273) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:274) of Om1.1 tctgatggca ggaatgccgc agcgtctgac ctgatggat ctg acc                                           Leu Thr atc aag gga tgc tgttct tat cct ccc tgt ttc gcg Ile Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser Tyr Pro Pro Cys PheAla act aat cca gac tgt ggt cga cga cgc tgatgctcca Thr Asn Pro Asp CysGly Arg Arg Arg ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 70 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 275) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:276) of R1.6 ttt gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc gac tac aaa ggg Phe Asp GlyArg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asp Tyr Lys Gly tct gaa ttg ctc gct atg acc gtc agggga gga tgc Ser Glu Leu Leu Ala Met Thr Val Arg Gly Gly Cys tgt tcc tatcct ccc tgt atc gca aat aat cct ctt Cys Ser Tyr Pro Pro Cys Ile Ala AsnAsn Pro Leu tgt gct gga aga cgc tga Cys Ala Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 71 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 277) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:278) of R1.7 ttt gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc gac tac aaa ggg Phe Asp GlyArg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asp Tyr Lys Gly tct gaa ttg ctc gct atg acc gtc agggga gga tgc Ser Glu Leu Leu Ala Met Thr Val Arg Gly Gly Cys tgt tcc tatcct ccc tgt atc gca aat aat cct ttt Cys Ser Tyr Pro Pro Cys Ile Ala AsnAsn Pro Phe tgt gct gga aga cgc tga Cys Ala Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 72 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 279) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:280) of Vr1.1 tct tat gac agg tat gcc tcg ccc gtc gac aga gcg Ser TyrAsp Arg Tyr Ala Ser Pro Val Asp Arg Ala tct gcc ctg atc gct cag gcc atcctt cga gat tgc Ser Ala Leu Ile Ala Gln Ala Ile Leu Arg Asp Cys tgt tccaat cct cct tgt tcc caa aat aat cca gac Cys Ser Asn Pro Pro Cys Ser GlnAsn Asn Pro Asp tgt atg taaagacgct gcttgctcca ggaccctctg Cys Metaaccacgacg t

TABLE 73 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 281) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:282) of Vr1.2 tct tat ggc agg tat gcc tca ccc gtc gac aga gcg Ser TyrGly Arg Tyr Ala Ser Pro Val Asp Arg Ala tct gcc ctg atc gct cag gcc atcctt cga gat tgc Ser Ala Leu Ile Ala Gln Ala Ile Leu Arg Asp Cys tgc tccaat cct cct tgt gcc cat aat aat cca gac Cys Ser Asn Pro Pro Cys Ala HisAsn Asn Pro Asp tgt cgt taaagacgct gcttgctcca ggaccctctg Cys Argaaccacgacg t

TABLE 74 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 283) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:284) of A1.4 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aac gac aaa gcg Ser Asp GlyArg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Asp Lys Ala tct ggc atg agc gcg ctg gcc gtc aatgaa tgc tgt Ser Gly Met Ser Ala Leu Ala Val Asn Glu Cys Cys acc aac cctgtc tgt cac gcg gaa cat caa gaa ctt Thr Asn Pro Val Cys His Ala Glu HisGln Glu Leu tgt gct aga aga cgc tga Cys Ala Arg Arg Arg

TABLE 75 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 285) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:286) of A1.5 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aac gac aaa gcg Ser Asp GlyArg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Asp Lys Ala tct gac gtg atc acg ctg gcc ctc aaggga tgc tgt Ser Asp Val Ile Thr Leu Ala Leu Lys Gly Cys Cys tcc aac cctgtc tgt cac ttg gag cat tca aac ctt Ser Asn Pro Val Cys His Leu Glu HisSer Asn Leu tgt ggt aga aga cgc tga Cys Gly Arg Arg Arg

TABLE 76 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 287) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:288) of A1.6 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aac gac aaa gcg Ser Asp GlyArg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Asp Lys Ala tct ggc atg agc gcg ctg gcc gtc aatgaa tgc tgt Ser Gly Met Ser Ala Leu Ala Val Asn Glu Cys Cys acc aac cctgtc tgt cac gtg gaa cat caa gaa ctt Thr Asn Pro Val Cys His Val Glu HisGln Glu Leu tgt gct aga aga cgc tga Cys Ala Arg Arg Arg

TABLE 77 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 289) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:290) of Af1.1 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr acc gtc gtt tcc ttc act tca gatcgt gca ttt cgt Thr Val Val Ser Phe Thr Ser Asp Arg Ala Phe Arg ggc aggaat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg tct ggc ctg gtc Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys AlaSer Gly Leu Val ggt ctg acc gac aag agg caa gaa tgc tgt tct tat Gly LeuThr Asp Lys Arg Gln Glu Cys Cys Ser Tyr cct gcc tgt aac cta gat cat ccagaa ctt tgt ggt Pro Ala Cys Asn Leu Asp His Pro Glu Leu Cys Glytgaagacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 78 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 291) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:292) of Af1.2 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc Met PheThr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr act gtc gtt tcc tcc act tca ggtcgt cgt gca ttt Thr Val Val Ser Ser Thr Ser Gly Arg Arg Ala Phe cgt ggcagg aat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg tct gga ctg Arg Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala LysAla Ser Gly Leu gtc ggt ctg act gac agg aga cca gaa tgc tgt agt Val GlyLeu Thr Asp Arg Arg Pro Glu Cys Cys Ser gat cct cgc tgt aac tcg act catcca gaa ctt tgt Asp Pro Arg Cys Asn Ser Thr His Pro Glu Leu Cys ggt ggaaga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Gly Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 79 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 293) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:294) of Ar1.2 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aac gcg ttt gac Ser AspGly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Ala Phe Asp ctg atc gat ctg acc gcc agg ctaaat tgc tgt atg Leu Ile Asp Leu Thr Ala Arg Leu Asn Cys Cys Met att cccccc tgt tgg aag aaa tat gga gac aga tgt Ile Pro Pro Cys Trp Lys Lys TyrGly Asp Arg Cys agt gaa gta cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t SerGlu Val Arg

TABLE 80 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 295) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:296) of Ar1.3 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca cgc aaa gcg ttt ggc Ser AspGly Arg Asn Ala Ala Arg Lys Ala Phe Gly tgc tgc gac tta ata ccc tgt ttggag aga tat ggt Cys Cys Asp Leu Ile Pro Cys Leu Glu Arg Tyr Gly aac agatgt aat gaa gtg cac tgatgctcca ggaccctctg Asn Arg Cys Asn Glu Val Hisaaccacgcga cgt

TABLE 81 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 297) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:298) of Ar1.4 tct gat ggc agc aat gcc gca gcc aac gag ttt gac Ser AspGly Ser Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Glu Phe Asp ctg atc gct ctg acc gcc agg ctaggt tgc tgt aac Leu Ile Ala Leu Thr Ala Arg Leu Gly Cys Cys Asn gtt acaccc tgt tgg gag aaa tat gga gac aaa tgt Val Thr Pro Cys Trp Glu Lys TyrGly Asp Lys Cys aat gaa gta cgc tgatgcttca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg T AsnGlu Val Arg

TABLE 82 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 299) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:300) of Ar1.5 tct gat ggc agg aat gtc gca gca aaa gcg ttt cac Ser AspGly Arg Asn Val Ala Ala Lys Ala Phe His cgg atc ggc cgg acc atc agg gatgaa tgc tgt tcc Arg Ile Gly Arg Thr Ile Arg Asp Glu Cys Cys Ser aat cctgcc tgt agg gtg aat aat cca cac gtt tgt Asn Pro Ala Cys Arg Val Asn AsnPro His Val Cys aga cga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Arg ArgArg

TABLE 83 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 301) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:302) of Ar1.6 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aac gcg ttt gac Ser AspGly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Ala Phe Asp ctg atg cct ctg acc gcc agg ctaaat tgc tgt agc Leu Met Pro Leu Thr Ala Arg Leu Asn Cys Cys Ser att cccggc tgt tgg aac gaa tat aaa gac aga tgt Ile Pro Gly Cys Trp Asn Glu TyrLys Asp Arg Cys agt aaa gta cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg T SerLys Val Arg

TABLE 84 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:303) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:304) of Ay1.2 tctgatggca ggaatgccgc agccgacgac aaagcgtctg acctggtcgct ctg gtc                                                         LeuVal gtc agg gga gga tgc tgt tcc cac cct gtc tgt tac ttt aat aat cca ValArg Gly Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Val Cys Tyr Phe Asn Asn Pro caa atg tgtcgt gga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Gln Met Cys Arg GlyArg Arg

TABLE 85 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:305) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:306) of Ay1.3 tctgatggca ggaatgccgc agccgacgac aaagcgtctg acctggtcgct ctg gcc                                                         LeuAla gtc agg gga gga tgc tgt tcc cac cct gtc tgt aac ttg aat aat cca ValArg Gly Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Val Cys Asn Leu Asn Asn Pro caa atg tgtcgt gga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Gln Met Cys Arg GlyArg Arg

TABLE 86 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:307) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:308) of Bt1.8 ttt cgt ggc agg aat ccc gca gcc aac gac aaa agg tct gacctg gcc Phe Arg Gly Arg Asn Pro Ala Ala Asn Asp Lys Arg Ser Asp Leu Alagct ctg agc gtc agg gga gga tgc tgt tcc cat cct gcc tgt agc gtg Ala LeuSer Val Arg Gly Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Ala Cys Ser Val act cat cca gagctt tgt ggc tgaagacgct gatgccccag gaccctctga Thr His Pro Glu Leu Cys Glyaccacgacgt

TABLE 87 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:309) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:310) of Bt1.9 tct gat ggc ggg aat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg tct gac ctg atcgct cag Ser Asp Gly Gly Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Ala Ser Asp Leu Ile Ala Glnacc atc agg gga gga tgc tgt tcc tat cct gcc tgt agc gtg gaa cat Thr IleArg Gly Gly Cys Cys Ser Tyr Pro Ala Cys Ser Val Glu His caa gac ctt tgtgat gga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg Gln Asp Leu Cys Asp GlyArg Arg t

TABLE 88 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:311) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:312) of Ca1.3 tct tat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg ttt gaa gtg agttgc tgt Ser Tyr Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Ala Phe Glu Val Ser Cys Cysgtc gtt cgc ccc tgt tgg att cgc tat caa gag gaa tgt ctt gaa gca Val ValArg Pro Cys Trp Ile Arg Tyr Gln Glu Glu Cys Leu Glu Ala gat ccc agg accctc tga Asp Pro Arg Thr Leu

TABLE 89 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:313) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:314) of Ca1.4 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aac gcc ctt gac ctg atcact ctg Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Ala Leu Asp Leu Ile Thr Leuatc gcc agg caa aat tgc tgt agc att ccc ggc tgt tgg gag aaa tat Ile AlaArg Gln Asn Cys Cys Ser Ile Pro Gly Cys Trp Glu Lys Tyr gga gac aaa tgtagt gaa gta cgc tga Gly Asp Lys Cys Ser Glu Val Arg

TABLE 90 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:315) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:316) of C1.2 tct gat ggc agg aat gaa gca gcc aac gac gaa gcg tct gacgtg atc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Glu Ala Ala Asn Asp Glu Ala Ser Asp Val Ilegag ctg gcc ctc aag gga tgc tgt tcc aac cct gtc tgt cac ttg gag Glu LeuAla Leu Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser Asn Pro Val Cys His Leu Glu cat cca aac gcttgt ggt aga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg His Pro Asn Ala Cys Gly ArgArg Arg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 91 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:317) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:318) of C1.3 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aac gac aaa gcg tct gacctg gtc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Asp Lys Ala Ser Asp Leu Valgct ctg gcc gtc agg gga tgc tgt tcc aac cct atc tgt tac ttt aat Ala LeuAla Val Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser Asn Pro Ile Cys Tyr Phe Asn aat cca cga atttgt cgt gga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaecctctg Asn Pro Arg Ile Cys Arg GlyArg Arg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 92 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:319) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:320) of Ep1.2 tct cat ggc agg aat gcc gca cgc aaa gcg tct gac ctg atcgct ctg Ser His Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Arg Lys Ala Ser Asp Leu Ile Ala Leuacc gtc agg gaa tgc tgt tct cag cct ccc tgt cgc tgg aaa cat cca Thr ValArg Glu Cys Cys Ser Gln Pro Pro Cys Arg Trp Lys His Pro gaa ctt tgt agttga Glu Leu Cys Ser

TABLE 93 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:321) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:322) of G1.1 tct gat ggc agg aat gac gca gcc aaa gcg ttt gac ctg atatct tcg Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Asp Ala Ala Lys Ala Phe Asp Leu Ile Ser Seracc gtc aag aaa gga tgc tgt tcc cat cct gcc tgt gcg ggg aat aat Thr ValLys Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Ala Cys Ala Gly Asn Asn caa cat att tgtggc cga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg Gln His Ile Cys Gly ArgArg Arg t

TABLE 94 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:323) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:324) of G1.3 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aac gac caa gcg tct gacctg atg Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Asp Gln Ala Ser Asp Leu Metgct gcg acc gtc agg gga tgc tgt gcc gtt cct tcc tgt cgc ctc cgt Ala AlaThr Val Arg Gly Cys Cys Ala Val Pro Ser Cys Arg Leu Arg aat cca gac ctttgt ggt gga gga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg Asn Pro Asp Leu Cys Gly GlyGly Arg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 95 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:325) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:326) of Im1.3 ctt gat gaa agg aat gcc gca gcc gac gac aaa gcg tct gacctg atc Leu Asp Glu Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asp Asp Lys Ala Ser Asp Leu Ilegct caa atc gtc agg aga gga tgc tgt tcc cat cct gcc tgt aac gtg Ala GlnIle Val Arg Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Ala Cys Asn Val aat aat cca cacatt tgt ggt tga Asn Asn Pro His Ile Cys Gly

TABLE 96 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:327) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:328) of Lv1.2 tct gat ggc agg aat act gca gcc aaa gtc aaa tat tct aagacg ccg Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Thr Ala Ala Lys Val Lys Tyr Ser Lys Thr Progag gaa tgc tgt ccc aat cct ccc tgt ttc gcg aca aat tcg gat att Glu GluCys Cys Pro Asn Pro Pro Cys Phe Ala Thr Asn Ser Asp Ile tgt ggc gga agacgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Cys Gly Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 97 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:329) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:330) of Lv1.3 tct aat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aaa ttc aaa gcg cct gccctg atg Ser Asn Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Phe Lys Ala Pro Ala Leu Metaag cgg acc gtc agg gat gct tgc tgt tca gac cct cgc tgt tcc ggg Lys ArgThr Val Arg Asp Ala Cys Cys Ser Asp Pro Arg Cys Ser Gly aaa cat caa gacctg tgt ggc tgaagacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga Lys His Gln Asp Leu Cys Glyaccacgacgt

TABLE 98 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:331) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:332) of Lv1.4 tct aat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aaa ttc aaa gcg cct gccctg atg Ser Asn Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Phe Lys Ala Pro Ala Leu Metgag ctg acc gtc agg gaa gat tgc tgt tca gac cct cgc tgt tcc gtg Glu LeuThr Val Arg Glu Asp Cys Cys Ser Asp Pro Arg Cys Ser Val gga cat caa gacctg tgt ggc tgaagacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga Gly His Gln Asp Leu Cys GlyAccacgacgt

TABLE 99 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:333) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:334) of Lv1.6 gca ttt gat ggc agg aat gct gca gcc agc gac aaa gcg tccgag ctg Ala Phe Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Ser Asp Lys Ala Ser Glu Leuatg gct ctg gcc gtc agg gga tgc tgt tcc cat cct gcc tgt gct ggg Met AlaLeu Ala Val Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Ala Cys Ala Gly agt aat gca catatc tgt ggc aga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg Ser Asn Ala His Ile CysGly Arg Arg Arg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 100 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:335) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:336) of Lv1.7 tct aat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aaa ttc aaa gcg cct gccctg atg Ser Asn Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Phe Lys Ala Pro Ala Leu Metaag ctg acc gtc agg gag gat tgc tgt tca gac cct cgc tgt tcc gtg Lys LeuThr Val Arg Glu Asp Cys Cys Ser Asp Pro Arg Cys Ser Val gga cat caa gacatg tgt ggc tgaagacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga Gly His Gln Asp Met Cys Glyatcacgacgt

TABLE 101 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:337) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:338) of Lv1.8 ttt gaa tgc agg aat gct gca ggc aac gac aaa gcg act gacctg atg Phe Glu Cys Arg Asn Ala Ala Gly Asn Asp Lys Ala Thr Asp Leu Metgct ctg act gtc agg gga tgc tgt tcc cat cct gcc tgt gct ggg aat Ala LeuThr Val Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Ala Cys Ala Gly Asn aat cca cat atctgc ggc tgaagacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga Asn Pro His Ile Cys Glyaccacgacgt

TABLE 102 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 339) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:340) of Lv1.9 ttt gat ggc agg aac gcc gca gcc aac aac aaa gcg Phe AspGly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Asn Lys Ala act gat ctg atg gct ctg act gtcaga gga tgc tgt Thr Asp Leu Met Ala Leu Thr Val Arg Gly Cys Cys ggc aatcct tca tgt agc atc cat att cct tac gtt Gly Asn Pro Ser Cys Ser Ile HisIle Pro Tyr Val tgt aat tagagacact gatgctccag gaccctctga Cys Asnaccacgacgt

TABLE 103 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:341) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:342) of Lv1.10 tct aat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aaa ttc aaa gcg cctgcc ctg atg Ser Asn Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Phe Lys Ala Pro Ala LeuMet aag cgg acc gac agc gaa gaa tgc tgt tta gac tct cgc tgt gcc ggg LysArg Thr Asp Ser Glu Glu Cys Cys Leu Asp Ser Arg Cys Ala Gly caa cat caagac ctg tgt ggc gga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg Gln His Gln Asp LeuCys Gly Gly Arg Arg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 104 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:343) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:344) of Mr1.3 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aag gac aaa gcg tct gacctg gtc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Asp Lys Ala Ser Asp Leu Valgct ctg acc gtc aag gga tgc tgt tct aat cct ccc tgt tac gcg aat Ala LeuThr Val Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser Asn Pro Pro Cys Tyr Ala Asn aat caa gcc tattgt aat gga aga cgc tga Asn Gln Ala Tyr Cys Asn Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 105 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 345) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:346) of Mr1.4 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aag gac aaa gcg Ser AspGly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Asp Lys Ala tct gac ctg gtc gct ctg acc gtcaag gga tgc tgt Ser Asp Leu Val Ala Leu Thr Val Lys Gly Cys Cys tct catcct gcc tgt agc gtg aat aat cca gac att Ser His Pro Ala Cys Ser Val AsnAsn Pro Asp Ile tgt ggt tga Cys Gly

TABLE 106 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO: 347) and Protein Sequence (SEQ ID NO:348) ofMs1.1 tct gat ggc agg aat gct gca gcc aac aac aaa gtg Ser Asp GlyArg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Asn Lys Val gct ttg acc atg agg gga aaa tgc tgtatc aat gat Ala Leu Thr Met Arg Gly Lys Cys Cys Ile Asn Asp gcg tgt cgctcg aaa cat cca cag tac tgt tct gga Ala Cys Arg Ser Lys His Pro Gln TyrCys Ser Gly aga cgc tgatactcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Arg Arg

TABLE 107 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:349) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:350) of Ms1.6 tct gat ggc agg aat gct gca gcc aac gac aaa gtg tct gaccag atg Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Asp Lys Val Ser Asp Gln Metgct ctg gtt gtc agg gga tgc tgt tac aat att gcc tgt aga att aat Ala LeuVal Val Arg Gly Cys Cys Tyr Asn Ile Ala Cys Arg Ile Asn aat cca cgg tactgt cgt gga aaa cgc tgatgttcca ggaccctctg Asn Pro Arg Tyr Cys Arg GlyLys Arg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 108 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:351) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:352) of O1.1 tctgaaggca ggaatgccgc agccaacgac aaagcgtctg acctgatggc tctg aac                                                          Leu Asngtc agg gga tgc tgt tcc cat cct gtc tgt cgc ttc aat tat cca aaa Val ArgGly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Val Cys Arg Phe Asn Tyr Pro Lys tat tgt ggt ggaaga cgc tgatggtcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Tyr Cys Gly Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 109 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:353) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:354) of O1.2 tctgatggcg ggaatgccgc agcaaaagcg tttgatctaa tcact ctggcc ctc agg                                                   Leu AlaLeu Arg gat gaa tgc tgt gcc agt cct ccc tgt cgt ttg aat aat cca tac gtaAsp Glu Cys Cys Ala Ser Pro Pro Cys Arg Leu Asn Asn Pro Tyr Val tgt cattgacgacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt Cys His

TABLE 110 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:355) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:356) of O1.4 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc acc gtcgtt tcc Met Phe Thr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr Thr Val Val Serccc act tca gat cgt gca tct gat agg agg aat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg Pro ThrSer Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp Arg Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Ala ttt gac ctg agatat tcg acc gcc aag aga gga tgc tgt tcc aat cct Phe Asp Leu Arg Tyr SerThr Ala Lys Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser Asn Pro gtc tgt tgg cag aat aat gca gaatac tgt cgt gaa agt ggc Val Cys Trp Gln Asn Asn Ala Glu Tyr Cys Arg GluSer Gly taatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 111 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:357) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:358) of O1.7 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc ttg gca acc acc gtcgtt tcc Met Phe Thr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ala Thr Thr Val Val Serttc act tca gat cgt gca tct gat ggc ggg aat gtc gca gcg tct cac Phe ThrSer Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp Gly Gly Asn Val Ala Ala Ser His ctg atc gct ctgacc atc aag gga tgc tgt tct cac cct ccc tgt gcc Leu Ile Ala Leu Thr IleLys Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Pro Cys Ala cag aat aat caa gac tat tgt ggttgacgacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga Gln Asn Asn Gln Asp Tyr Cys Glyaccacgacgt

TABLE 112 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:359) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:360) of O1.8 atg ttc acc gtg ttt ctg ttg gtt gtc tta tca acc acc gtcgtt tcc Met Phe Thr Val Phe Leu Leu Val Val Leu Ser Thr Thr Val Val Sertcc act tca gat cgt gca tct gat agg agg aat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg Ser ThrSer Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp Arg Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Ala tct gac ctg atgtat tcg acc gtc aag aaa gga tgt tgt tcc cat cct Ser Asp Leu Met Tyr SerThr Val Lys Lys Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro gcc tgt tcg ggg aat aat cga gaatat tgt cgt gaa agt ggc Ala Cys Ser Gly Asn Asn Arg Glu Tyr Cys Arg CluSer Gly taatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 113 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:361) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:362) of Om1.2 tttgatggca ggaatgcctc agccgacagc aaagtggctg cccggatcgct cag atc                                                          GlnIle gac agg gat cca tgc tgt tcc tat cct gac tgt ggc gcg aat cat cca AspArg Asp Pro Cys Cys Ser Tyr Pro Asp Cys Gly Ala Asn His Pro gag att tgtggt gga aaa cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Glu Ile Cys Gly GlyLys Arg

TABLE 114 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:363) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:364) of Om1.3 tctcatggca ggaatgccgc acgct ctg acc gtc agg gaa tgc tgttct cag                             Leu Thr Val Arg Glu Cys Cys Ser Glncct cct tgt cgc tgg aaa cat cca gaa ctt tgt agt tgaagacgct Pro Pro CysArg Trp Lys His Pro Glu Leu Cys Ser gatgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 115 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:365) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:366) of Om1.4 tttgatggca ggaatgctgc agccagcgac aaagcgtctg agctgatggct ctg gcc                                                         LeuAla gtc agg gga tgc tgt tcc cat cct gcc tgt gct ggg aat aat cca cat ValArg Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Ala Cys Ala Gly Asn Asn Pro His atc tgt ggcaga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Ile Cys Gly Arg Arg Arg

TABLE 116 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:367) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:368) of Om1.5 tctggtgtca ggaaagacgc agcgcctggc ctgatcgct ctg acc atcaag gga                                             Leu Thr Ile Lys Glytgc tgt tct gat cct agc tgt aac gtg aat aat cca gac tat tgt ggt Cys CysSer Asp Pro Ser Cys Asn Val Asn Asn Pro Asp Tyr Cys Gly tgacgacgctgatgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt

TABLE 117 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:369) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:370) of Om1.6 tctaatggca ggaatgccgc agccaaattc aaagcgcctg ccctgatggag ctg acc                                                         LeuThr gtc agg gaa gaa tgc tgt tca gac cct cgc tgt tcc gtg gga cat caa ValArg Glu Glu Cys Cys Ser Asp Pro Arg Cys Ser Val Gly His Gln gat atg tgtcgg tgaagcacgt gatgctccag gaccctctga accacgacgt Asp Met Cys Arg

TABLE 118 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:371) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:372) of P1.4 act gat ggc agg aat gct gca gcc ata gcg ctt gac ctg atcgct ccg Thr Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Ile Ala Leu Asp Leu Ile Ala Progcc gtc agg gga gga tgc tgt tcc aat cct gcc tgt tta gtg aat cat Ala ValArg Gly Gly Cys Cys Ser Asn Pro Ala Cys Leu Val Asn His cta gaa atg tgtggt aaa aga cgc tgatgcccca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg Leu Glu Met Cys Gly LysArg Arg t

TABLE 119 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:373) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:374) of P1.5 tct gat ggc agg gat gcc gca gcc aac gac aaa gcg tct gacctg atc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asp Ala Ala Ala Asn Asp Lys Ala Ser Asp Leu Ilegct ctg acc gcc agg aga gat cca tgc tgt ttc aat cct gcc tgt aac Ala LeuThr Ala Arg Arg Asp Pro Cys Cys Phe Asn Pro Ala Cys Asn gtg aat aat ccacag att tgt ggt tgaagacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga Val Asn Asn Pro Gln IleCys Gly accacgacgt

TABLE 120 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:375) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:376) of P1.6 tct gat ggc agg gat gct gag aaa aca ggc ttt gac acg accatt gtg Ser Asp Gly Arg Asp Ala Glu Lys Thr Gly Phe Asp Thr Thr Ile Valccg gaa gac tgc tgt tcg gat cct tcc tgt tgg agg ctg cat agt tta Pro GluAsp Cys Cys Ser Asp Pro Ser Cys Trp Arg Leu His Ser Leu gct tgt act ggaatt gta aac cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg Ala Cys Thr Gly Ile ValAsn Arg t

TABLE 121 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:377) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:378) of P1.8 act gat ggc agg agt gct gca gcc ata gcg ttt gcc ctg atcgct ccg Thr Asp Gly Arg Ser Ala Ala Ala Ile Ala Phe Ala Leu Ile Ala Proacc gtc tgc tgt act aat cct gcc tgt ctc gtg aat aat ata cgc ttt Thr ValCys Cys Thr Asn Pro Ala Cys Leu Val Asn Asn Ile Arg Phe tgt ggt gga agacgc tgatgcccca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Cys Gly Gly Arg Arg

TABLE 122 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:379) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:380) of Rg1.1 tct gat gga aga aat gcc gca agc gac gcc aaa gcg ttt ccccgg atc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ser Asp Ala Lys Ala Phe Pro Arg Ilegct cca atc gtc agg gac gaa tgc tgt agc gat cct agg tgt cac ggg Ala ProIle Val Arg Asp Glu Cys Cys Ser Asp Pro Arg Cys His Gly aat aat cgg gaccac tgt gct tgaagacgct gctgctccag gaccctctga Asn Asn Arg Asp His Cys Alaaccacgacgt

TABLE 123 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:381) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:382) of Rg1.3 tct gat ggc agg aat acc gcg gcc gac gaa aaa gcg tcc gacctg atc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Thr Ala Ala Asp Glu Lys Ala Ser Asp Leu Iletct caa act gtc aag aga gat tgc tgt tcc cat cct ctc tgt aga tta Ser GlnThr Val Lys Arg Asp Cys Cys Ser His Pro Leu Cys Arg Leu ttt gtt cca ggactt tgt att tgaagacgct gctgctccag gaccctctga Phe Val Pro Gly Leu Cys IleAccacgact

TABLE 124 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:383) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:384) of Rg1.4 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc gac aac aaa gcg tct gaccta atc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asp Asn Lys Ala Ser Asp Leu Ilegct caa atc gtc agg aga gga tgc tgt tcc cat cct gtc tgt aaa gtg Ala GlnIle Val Arg Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Val Cys Lys Val agg tat cca gacctg tgt cgt tgaagacgct gctgctccag gaccctctga Arg Tyr Pro Asp Leu Cys ArgAccacgacgt

TABLE 125 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:385) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:386) of Rg1.5 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc gac aac aga gcg tct gaccta atc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asp Asn Arg Ala Ser Asp Leu Ilegct caa atc gtc agg aga gga tgc tgt tcc cat cct gcc tgt aat gtg Ala GlnIle Val Arg Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Ala Cys Asn Val aat aat cca cacatt tgt ggt tgaagacgct gctgctccag gaccctctga Asn Asn Pro His Ile Cys Glyaccacgacgt

TABLE 126 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:387) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:388) of Rg1.8 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc gac aac aaa ccg tct gaccta atc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asp Asn Lys Pro Ser Asp Leu Ilegct caa atc gtc agg aga gga tgc tgt tcg cat cct gtc tgt aaa gtg Ala GlnIle Val Arg Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Val Cys Lys Val agg tat tca gacatg tgt ggt tgaagacgct gctgctccag gaccctctga Arg Tyr Ser Asp Met Cys Glyaccacgacgt

TABLE 127 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:389) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:390) of Sm1.4 tct gat ggc agg aat gca gag cga cga caa agc gtc tgt cctggt cgc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Glu Arg Arg Gln Ser Val Cys Pro Gly Argtct ggc ccc agg gga gga tgt tgt tcc cac cct gcc tgt aag gtg cat Ser GlyPro Arg Gly Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Ala Cys Lys Val His ttt cca cac agttgt ggt tgacgacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga Phe Pro His Ser Cys Glyaccacgacgt

TABLE 128 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:391) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:392) of Sm1.5 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc agc gac aga gcg tct gacgcg gcc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Ser Asp Arg Ala Ser Asp Ala Alacac cag gta tgc tgt tcc aac cct gtc tgt cac gtg gat cat cca gaa His GlnVal Cys Cys Ser Asn Pro Val Cys His Val Asp His Pro Glu ctt tgt cgt agaaga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg t Leu Cys Arg Arg Arg Arg

TABLE 129 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:393) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:394) of S1.5 tct gat ggc agg aat gcc gcg gcc aac gac aaa gcg tct gacctg gtc Ser Asp Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Asn Asp Lys Ala Ser Asp Leu Valgct ccg gcc atc agg gga tgc tgt tcc cac cct gtc tgt aac ttg agt Ala ProAla Ile Arg Gly Cys Cys Ser His Pro Val Cys Asn Leu Ser aat cca caa atttgt cgt gga aga cgc tgatgctcca ggaccctctg Asn Pro Gln Ile Cys Arg GlyArg Arg aaccacgacg t

TABLE 130 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:395) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:396) of Tx1.5 ttt cat ggc agg aat gcc gca gcc aaa gcg tct ggc ctg gtcggt ctg Phe His Gly Arg Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Ala Ser Gly Leu Val Gly Leuacc gac aag agg caa gaa tgc tgt tct cat cct gcc tgt aac gta gat Thr AspLys Arg Gln Glu Cys Cys Ser His Pro Ala Cys Asn Val Asp cat cca gaa atttgt cgt tga His Pro Glu Ile Cys Arg

TABLE 131 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:397) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:398) of T1.1 act gat ggc agg agt gct gca gcc ata gcg ttt gcc ctg atcgct ccg Thr Asp Gly Arg Ser Ala Ala Ala Ile Ala Phe Ala Leu Ile Ala Proacc gtc tgg gaa gga tgc tgt tct aat cct gcc tgt ctc gtg aat cat Thr ValTrp Glu Gly Cys Cys Ser Asn Pro Ala Cys Leu Val Asn His ata cgc ttt tgtggt gga aga cgc tgatgcccca ggaccctctg aaccacgacg Ile Arg Phe Cys Gly GlyArg Arg t

TABLE 132 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:399) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:400) of Vr1.3 tct aat ggc atg aat gcc gca gcc atc agg aaa gcg tct gccctg gtg Ser Asn Gly Met Asn Ala Ala Ala Ile Arg Lys Ala Ser Ala Leu Valgct cag atc gcc cat cga gac tgc tgt gac gat cct gcc tgc acc gtg Ala GlnIle Ala His Arg Asp Cys Cys Asp Asp Pro Ala Cys Thr Val aat aat cca ggcctt tgc act tgaagatgct gctgccccag gaccctctga Asn Asn Pro Gly Leu Cys Thraccacgacgt

TABLE 133 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:401) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:402) of G1.2 tct gat ggc ggg aat gcc gca gca aaa gag tct gac gtg atcgct ctg Ser Asp Gly Gly Asn Ala Ala Ala Lys Glu Ser Asp Val Ile Ala Leuacc gtc tgg aaa tgc tgt acc att cct tcc tgt tat gag aaa aaa aaa Thr ValTrp Lys Cys Cys Thr Ile Pro Ser Cys Tyr Glu Lys Lys Lys att aaa gca tgtgtc ttt tgacgacgct gatgctccag gaccctctga Ile Lys Ala Cys Val Pheaccacgacgt

TABLE 134 DNA Sequence (SEQ ID NO:403) and Protein Sequence (SEQ IDNO:404) of Rg1.12 tct gat ggc gca gtc gac gac aaa gcg ttg gat cga atcgct gaa atc Ser Asp Gly Ala Val Asp Asp Lys Ala Leu Asp Arg Ile Ala GluIle gtc agg aga gga tgc tgt ggc aat cct gcc tgt agc ggc tcc tcg aaa ValArg Arg Gly Cys Cys Gly Asn Pro Ala Cys Ser Gly Ser Ser Lys gat gca ccctct tgt ggt tgaagacgct gctgctccag gaccctctga Asp Ala Pro Ser Cys Glyaccacgacgt

It will be appreciated that the methods and compositions of the instantinvention can be incorporated in the form of a variety of embodiments,only a few of which are disclosed herein. It will be apparent to theartisan that other embodiments exist and do not depart from the spiritof the invention. Thus, the described embodiments are illustrative andshould not be construed as restrictive.

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1. An isolated α-conotoxin peptide of generic formula 1 (SEQ ID NO:1)selected from the group consisting of:Asp-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Ser-Arg-Cys-Gly-Xaa₂-Asn-Cys-Leu; (SEQ ID NO:4)Phe-Thr-Cys-Cys-Arg-Arg-Gly-Thr-Cys-Ser-Gln-His-Cys; (SEQ ID NO:6)Asp-Xaa₄-Cys-Cys-Arg-Arg-His-Ala-Cys-Thr-Leu-Ile-Cys; (SEQ ID NO:7)Asp-Xaa₄-Cys-Cys-Arg-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Thr-Leu-Ile-Cys; (SEQ ID NO:8)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Arg-Xaa₄-Arg-Cys-Arg; (SEQ ID NO:9)Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Ala-Xaa₃-Arg-Cys; (SEQ ID NO:10)Ile-Ala-Xaa₃-Asp-Ile-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₁-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Asn-His-Xaa₂-Cys-Val;(SEQ ID NO:11) and Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Xaa₂-His-Gln-Cys,(SEQ ID NO:12)

wherein Xaa₁ is Glu or γ-carboxy-Glu (Gla); Xaa₂ is Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys or N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys; Xaa₃ is Trp (D or L), halo-Trpor neo-Trp; Xaa₄ is Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr,O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr or nitro-Tyr; and Xaa₅ is Pro orhydroxy-Pro; and the C-terminus contains a carboxyl or amide group, orderivatives thereof.
 2. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim 1,wherein Xaa₁ is Glu.
 3. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim 1,wherein Xaa₂ is Lys.
 4. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim 1,wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr.
 5. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim 1,wherein Xaa₄ is mono-iodo-Tyr.
 6. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide ofclaim 1, wherein Xaa₄ is di-iodo-Tyr.
 7. The isolated α-conotoxinpeptide of claim 1, which is modified to contain an O-glycan, anS-glycan or an N-glycan.
 8. An isolated α-conotoxin peptide having thegeneric formula II:Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₃-Xaa₄-Cys-Cys-Xaa₅-Xaa₆-Xaa₇-Xaa₈-Cys-Xaa₉-Xaa₁₀-Xaa₁₁-Xaa₁₂-Xaa₁₃-Xaa₁₄-Cys-Xaa₁₅-Xaa₁₆-Xaa₁₇(SEQ ID NO:2), wherein Xaa₁ is des-Xaa₁, Asp, Glu or γ-carboxy-Glu(Gla); Xaa₂ is des-Xaa₂, Gln, Ala, Asp, Glu, Gla; Xaa₃ is des-Xaa₃, Gly,Ala, Asp, Glu, Gla, Pro or hydroxy-Pro; Xaa₄ is des-Xaa₄, Gly, Glu, Gla,Gln, Asp, Asn, Pro or hydroxy-Pro; Xaa₅ is Ser, Thr, Gly, Glu, Gla, Asn,Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basicamino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr,O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid;Xaa₆ is Asp, Asn, His, halo-His, Thr, Ser, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr,di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnaturalhydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₇ is Pro or hydroxy-Pro; Xaa₈ is Ala,Ser, Thr, Asp, Val, Ile, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr,di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnaturalhydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₉ is Gly, Ile, Leu, Val, Ala, Thr,Ser, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Phe, Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp, Arg,ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys,N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basic amino acid or any unnaturalaromatic amino acid; Xaa₁₀ is Ala, Asn, Phe, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Glu, Gla,Gln, His, halo-His, Val, Ser, Thr, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₁₁ is Thr, Ser, His, halo-His, Leu, Ile, Val, Asn,Met, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basic amino acid,Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr,nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₁₂ is Asn,Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Gln, Ser, Thr, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basicamino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr,O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid;Xaa₁₃ is des-Xaa₁₃, Gly, Thr, Ser, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Tyr, nor-Tyr,mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr orany unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₁₄ is des-Xaa₁₄, Ile,Val, Asp, Leu, Phe, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basic amino acid,Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr,nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; and Xaa₁₅ isdes-Xaa₁₅, Gly, Ala, Met, Ser, Thr, Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp, anyunnatural aromatic amino acid, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₁₆ is des-Xaa₁₆, Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp,any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₁₇ is des-Xaa₁₇, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; and the C-terminus contains a free carboxyl group oran amide group.
 9. An isolated α-conotoxin peptide of generic formula II(SEQ ID NO:2) seleceted from the group consisting of:Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Xaa₂-Gln-Thr-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys-Arg; (SEQ IDNO:13) Cys-Cys-Xaa₁-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Arg-His-Thr-Gln-Gly-Cys; (SEQ IDNO:14) Gly-Cys-Cys-Xaa₃-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Gly-Arg-His-Xaa₄-Cys; (SEQ IDNO:15) Ala-Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Val-Xaa₂-His-Arg-Cys; (SEQID NO:16)Ala-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys-Cys-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Val-Xaa₂-His-Arg-Cys; (SEQ IDNO:17) Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Val-Xaa₂-His-Arg-Cys; (SEQID NO:18)Asp-Xaa₁-Asn-Cys-Cys-Xaa₃-Asn-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys-Xaa₅-Arg-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Thr;(SEQ ID NO:19) Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Thr-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ala-Val-Leu-Xaa₄-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:20) Gly-Cys-Cys-Gly-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Thr-Ser-His-Ser-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:21)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ala-His-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Arg; (SEQID NO:42)Gly-Cys-Cys-Xaa₄-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Xaa₂-Xaa₂-Xaa₄-Xaa₄-Cys-Xaa₃-Xaa₂;(SEQ ID NO:154)Xaa₆-Xaa₁-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys-Cys-Arg-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Gly-Xaa₂-Asn-Arg-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:155) Cys-Cys-Ala-Asp-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Arg-Phe-Arg-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:156)Gly-Cys-Cys-Xaa₄-Asn-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys-Xaa₃-Xaa₅-Xaa₂-Thr-Xaa₄-Cys-Ser-Xaa₃-(SEQ ID NO:157) Xaa₂;Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Thr-Cys-Xaa₂-Xaa₁-Thr-Xaa₄-Gly-Cys; (SEQ ID NO:158)Cys-Cys-Ala-Asn-Xaa₅-Ile-Cys-Xaa₂-Asn-Thr-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys; (SEQ ID NO:159)Cys-Cys-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Thr-Cys-Xaa₂-Xaa₁-Thr-Xaa₄-Gly-Cys; (SEQ ID NO:160)Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Xaa₂-Xaa₁-Thr-Xaa₄-Gly-Cys; (SEQ ID NO:161)Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ile-Ala-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₂-Cys-Gly;(SEQ ID NO:162)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Ser-Ala-Met-Ser-Xaa₅-Ile-Cys; (SEQ IDNO:163)Gly-Cys-Cys-Xaa₂-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₄-Cys-Gly-Ala-Ser-Xaa₂-Thr-Xaa₄-Cys; (SEQID NO:164)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Phe-Ala-Thr-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys; (SEQ IDNO:165)Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ile-Ala-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Leu-Cys-Ala;(SEQ ID NO:166)Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ile-Ala-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Phe-Cys-Ala;(SEQ ID NO:167)Asp-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ser-Gln-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Met; (SEQID NO:168) andAsp-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ala-His-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Arg, (SEQID NO:169)

wherein Xaa₁ is Glu or γ-carboxy-Glu (Gla); Xaa₂ is Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys or N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys; Xaa₃ is Trp (D or L), halo-Trpor neo-Trp; Xaa₄ is Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr,O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr or nitro-Tyr; and Xaa₅ is Pro orhydroxy-Pro; and the C-terminus contains a carboxyl or amide group, orderivatives thereof.
 10. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim 9,wherein Xaa₂ is Lys.
 11. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim 9,wherein Xaa₁ is Glu.
 12. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim 9,wherein Xaa₃ is Trp.
 13. The isolated re α-conotoxin peptide of claim 9,wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr.
 14. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim 9,wherein Xaa₄ is mono-iodo-Tyr.
 15. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide ofclaim 9, wherein Xaa₄ is di-iodo-Tyr.
 16. The isolated α-conotoxinpeptide of claim 8, which is modified to contain an O-glycan, anS-glycan or an N-glycan.
 17. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim9, which is modified to contain an O-glycan, an S-glycan or an N-glycan.18. An isolated α-conotoxin peptide having the generic formula III:Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₃-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Xaa₆-Xaa₇-Xaa₈-Xaa₉-Cys-Xaa₁₀-Xaa₁₁-Xaa₁₂-Xaa₁₃-Xaa₁₄-Xaa₁₅-Xaa₁₆-Cys-Xaa₁₇-Xaa₁₈-Xaa₁₉-Xaa₂₀-Xaa₂₁-Xaa₂₂-Xaa₂₃-Xaa₂₄(SEQ ID NO:3), wherein Xaa₁ is des-Xaa₁, Ser or Thr; Xaa₂ is des-Xaa₂,Asp, Glu, γ-carboxy-Glu (Gla), Asn, Ser or Thr; Xaa₃ is des-Xaa₃, Ala,Gly, Asn, Ser, Thr, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₄ is des-Xaa₄, Ala, Val, Leu, Ile, Gly, Glu, Gla,Gln, Asp, Asn, Phe, Pro, hydroxy-Pro or any unnatural aromatic aminoacid; Xaa₅ is des-Xaa₅, Thr, Ser, Asp, Glu, Gla, Gln, Gly, Val, Asp,Asn, Ala, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₆ is Thr, Ser, Asp, Asn, Met, Val, Ala, Gly, Leu,Ile, Phe, any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Tyr,nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr,nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₇ is Ile,Leu, Val, Ser, Thr, Gln, Asn, Asp, Arg, His, halo-His, Phe, anyunnatural aromatic amino acid, homoarginine, ornithine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basicamino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr,O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid;Xaa₈ is Pro, hyroxy-Pro, Ser, Thr, Ile, Asp, Leu, Val, Gly, Ala, Phe,any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₉ is Val, Ala, Gly, Ile, Leu, Asp, Ser, Thr, Pro,hydroxy-Pro, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid;Xaa₁₀ is His, halo-His, Arg, homoarginine, ornithine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basic amino acid,Asn, Ala, Ser, Thr, Phe, Ile, Leu, Gly, Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp,any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr,di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnaturalhydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₁₁ is Leu, Gln, Val, Ile, Gly, Met,Ala, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, Ser, Thr,Arg, homoarginine, ornithine, any unnatural basic amino acid, Asn, Glu,Gla, Gln, Phe, Trp (D or L), neo-Trp, halo-Trp or any unnatural aromaticamino acid; Xaa₁₂ is Glu, Gla, Gln, Asn, Asp, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Ser,Gly, Thr, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, Arg,homoarginine, ornithine, any unnatural basic amino acid, Phe, His,halo-His, any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Leu, Met, Gly, Ala, Tyr,nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr,nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₁₃ is His,halo-His, Asn, Thr, Ser, Ile, Val, Leu, Phe, any unnatural aromaticamino acid, Arg, homoarginine, ornithine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basic amino acid,Tyr, nor-Try, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr,nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid; Xaa₁₄ is Ser,Thr, Ala, Gln, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Gly, Ile, Leu, Arg, ornithine,homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lysor any unnatural basic amino acid; Xaa₁₅ is Asn, Glu, Gla, Asp, Gly,His, halo-His, Ala, Leu, Gln, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys, any unnatural basicamino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr,O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr or any unnatural hydroxy containing amino acid;Xaa₁₆ is Met, Ile, Thr, Ser, Val, Leu, Pro, hydroxy-Pro, Phe, anyunnatural aromatic amino acid, Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr,O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr, nitro-Tyr, any unnatural hydroxy containingamino acid, Glu, Gla, Ala, His, halo-His, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine,Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or anyunnatural basic amino acid; Xaa₁₇ is des-Xaa₁₇, Gly, Asp, Asn, Ala, Ile,Leu, Ser, Thr, His, halo-His, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₁₈ is des-Xaa₁₈, Gly, Glu, Gla, Gln, Trp (D or L),neo, halo-Trp, any unnatural aromatic amino acid, Arg, ornithine,homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lysor any unnatural basic amino acid; Xaa₁₉ is des-Xaa₁₉, Ser, Thr, Val,Ile, Ala, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnatural basic amino acid;Xaa₂₀ is des-Xaa₂₀, Val, Asp, His, halo-His, Arg, ornithine,homoarginine, Lys, N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lysor any unnatural basic amino acid; Xaa₂₁ is des-Xaa₂₁, Asn, Pro orhydroxy-Pro; Xaa₂₂ is des-Xaa₂₂, Arg, ornithine, homoarginine, Lys,N-methyl-Lys, N,N-dimethyl-Lys, N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys or any unnaturalbasic amino acid; Xaa₂₃ is des-Xaa₂₃, Ser or Thr; Xaa₂₄ is des-Xaa₂₄,Leu, Ile or Val; and the C-terminus contains a free carboxyl group or anamide group, with the proviso that (a) Xaa₅ is not Gly, when Xaa₁ isdes-Xaa₁ , Xaa₂ is des-Xaa₂, Xaa₃ is des-Xaa₃, Xaa₄ is des-Xaa₄, Xaa₆ isSer, Xaa₇ is His, Xaa₈ is Pro, Xaa₉ is Ala, Xaa₁₀ is Ser, Xaa₁₁ is Val,Xaa₁₂ is Asn, Xaa₁₃ is Asn, Xaa₁₄ is Pro, Xaa₁₅ is Asp, Xaa₁₆ is Ile,Xaa₁₇ is des-Xaa₁₇, Xaa₁₈ is des-Xaa₁₈, Xaa₁₉ is des-Xaa₁₉, Xaa₂₀ isdes-Xaa₂₀, Xaa₂₁ is des-Xaa₂₁, Xaa₂₂ is des-Xaa₂₂, Xaa₂₃ is des-Xaa₂₃,and Xaa₂₄ is des-Xaa₂₄.
 19. An isolated α-conotoxin peptide of genericforumula III (SEQ ID NO:3) selected from the group consisting of:Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-His-Leu-Xaa₁-His-Ser-Asn-Met-Cys; (SEQID NO:22)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Arg-Gln-Asn-Asn-Ala-Xaa₁-Xaa₄-Cys-Arg;(SEQ ID NO:23)Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:24) Arg;Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-(SEQ ID NO:25) Cys-Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:26) Asp;Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:27) Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Gly-Ile-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:28) Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Thr-(SEQ ID NO:29) Cys-Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Val-(SEQ ID NO:30) Cys-Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Ile-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:31) Arg;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:32) Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ala-Val-Asn-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:33)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ser-Val-Asn-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys; (SEQID NO:34)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-Cys; (SEQID NO:35)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ser-Gly-Xaa₂-Thr-Gln-Xaa₁-Xaa₅-Cys-Arg-(SEQ ID NO:36) Xaa₁-Ser;Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ser-Gly-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Phe-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:37) Arg-Gln;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ser-Gly-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Phe-Cys-Arg-(SEQ ID NO:38) Gln;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ala-Met-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Xaa₄-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:39)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Phe-Leu-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Xaa₄-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:40)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ile-Ala-Xaa₂-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Met-Cys-Gly;(SEQ ID NO:41)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ala-Gly-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Val-Cys-Arg-(SEQ ID NO:43) Gln;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Arg-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ile-Ala-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Leu-Cys; (SEQID NO:44)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-His-Val-Xaa₁-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:45) Arg-Arg-Arg-Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Phe-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Arg-Xaa₂-Xaa₅-Arg-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Met-(SEQ ID NO:46) Cys-Gly;Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Asn-Ser-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-(SEQ ID NO:47) Cys-Gly;Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Asn-Val-Gly-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-(SEQ ID NO:48) Cys-Gly;Xaa₆-Val-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Asn-Val-Gly-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:49) Gly;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Arg-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ile-Ala-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Leu-Cys; (SEQID NO:50)Xaa₅-Gln-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Leu-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:51) Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Phe-Asp-Cys-Arg-Met-Met-Phe-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Met-Cys- (SEQID NO:52) Gly-Xaa₃-Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Phe-Ala-Ala-Cys-Arg-Xaa₂-Xaa₄-Arg-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Met-(SEQ ID NO:53) Cys-Gly;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Phe-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Xaa₄-Ile-Asn-Leu-Leu-Xaa₁-Met-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:54) Arg-Gln-Arg;Ser-Ala-Thr-Cys-Cys-Asn-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Xaa₄-Xaa₁-Thr-Xaa₄-Xaa₅- (SEQID NO:55) Xaa₁-Ser-Cys-Leu;Ala-Cys-Cys-Ala-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Phe-Xaa₁-Ala-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Arg-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:56) Leu;Asn-Ala-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Xaa₄-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Xaa₄-Xaa₁-Ala-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-(SEQ ID NO:57) Xaa₁-Ile-Cys-Leu;Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Thr-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-His-Ala-Xaa₁-His-Gln-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:170) Ala-Arg-Arg-Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-His-Leu-Xaa₁-His-Ser-Asn-Leu-Cys; (SEQID NO:171)Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Thr-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-His-Val-Xaa₁-His-Gln-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:172) Ala-Arg-Arg-Arg;Xaa₆-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Leu-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-(SEQ ID NO:173) Cys;Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Asn-Ser-Thr-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-(SEQ ID NO:174) Cys-Gly;Leu-Asn-Cys-Cys-Met-Ile-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Xaa₃-Xaa₂-Xaa₂-Xaa₄-Gly-Asp-Arg-(SEQ ID NO:175) Cys-Ser-Xaa₁-Val-Arg;Ala-Phe-Gly-Cys-Cys-Asp-Leu-Ile-Xaa₅-Cys-Leu-Xaa₁-Arg-Xaa₄-Gly-Asn-Arg-(SEQ ID NO:176) Cys-Asn-Xaa₁-Val-His;Leu-Gly-Cys-Cys-Asn-Val-Thr-Xaa₅-Cys-Xaa₃-Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₄-Gly-Asp-Xaa₂-(SEQ ID NO:177) Cys-Asn-Xaa₁-Val-Arg;Asp-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Arg-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Val-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:178) Arg-Arg-Arg;Leu-Asn-Cys-Cys-Ser-Ile-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys-Xaa₃-Asn-Xaa₁-Xaa₄-Xaa₂-Asp-Arg-(SEQ ID NO:179) Cys-Ser-Xaa₂-Val-Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Xaa₄-Phe-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Gln-Met-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:180) Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Asn-Leu-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Gln-Met-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:181) Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Xaa₄-Ala-Asn-Asn-Gln-Ala-Xaa₄-Cys-Asn;(SEQ ID NO:182)Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ser-Val-Thr-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:183)Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ser-Val-Xaa₁-His-Gln-Asp-Leu-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:184) Asp;Val-Ser-Cys-Cys-Val-Val-Arg-Xaa₅-Cys-Xaa₃-Ile-Arg-Xaa₄-Gln-Xaa₁-Xaa₁-(SEQ ID NO:185) Cys-Leu-Xaa₁-Ala-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Thr-Leu;Xaa₆-Asn-Cys-Cys-Ser-Ile-Xaa₅-Gly-Cys-Xaa₃-Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₄-Gly-Asp-Xaa₂-(SEQ ID NO:186) Cys-Ser-Xaa₁-Val-Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-His-Leu-Xaa₁-His-Xaa₅-Asn-Ala-Cys; (SEQID NO:187)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Ile-Cys-Xaa₄-Phe-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Arg-Ile-Cys-Arg;(SEQ ID NO:188)Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Gln-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Arg-Xaa₃-Xaa₂-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:189) Ser;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ala-Gly-Asn-Asn-Gln-His-Ile-Cys; (SEQID NO:190)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ala-Val-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys-Arg-Leu-Arg-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Leu-Cys-Gly-(SEQ ID NO:191) Gly;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Ile-Cys; (SEQID NO:192)Thr-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Xaa₅-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Phe-Ala-Thr-Asn-Ser-(SEQ ID NO:193) Asp-Ile-Cys-Gly;Asp-Ala-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Ser-Gly-Xaa₂-His-Gln-Asp-Leu-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:194)Xaa₁-Asp-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Ser-Val-Gly-His-Gln-Asp-Leu-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:195)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ala-Gly-Ser-Asn-Ala-His-Ile-Cys; (SEQID NO:196)Xaa₁-Asp-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Ser-Val-Gly-His-Gln-Asp-Met-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:197)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ala-Gly-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Ile-Cys; (SEQID NO:198)Gly-Cys-Cys-Gly-Asn-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys-Ser-Ile-His-Ile-Xaa₅-Xaa₄-Val-Cys-Asn;(SEQ ID NO:199)Thr-Asp-Ser-Xaa₁-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Leu-Asp-Ser-Arg-Cys-Ala-Gly-Gln-His-Gln-(SEQ ID NO:200) Asp-Leu-Cys-Gly;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Xaa₄-Ala-Asn-Asn-Gln-Ala-Xaa₄-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:201) Asn;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ser-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Ile-Cys; (SEQID NO:202)Gly-Xaa₂-Cys-Cys-Ile-Asn-Asp-Ala-Cys-Arg-Ser-Xaa₂-His-Xaa₅-Gln-Xaa₄-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:203) Ser;Gly-Cys-Cys-Xaa₄-Asn-Ile-Ala-Cys-Arg-Ile-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Arg-Xaa₄-Cys-Arg;(SEQ ID NO:204)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Arg-Phe-Asn-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Xaa₂-Xaa₄-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:205) Gly;Asp-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ala-Ser-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Arg-Leu-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₄-Val-(SEQ ID NO:206) Cys-His;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Xaa₃-Gln-Asn-Asn-Ala-Xaa₁-Xaa₄-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:207) Arg-Xaa₁-Ser;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ala-Gln-Asn-Asn-Gln-Asp-Xaa₄-Cys; (SEQID NO:208)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ser-Gly-Asn-Asn-Arg-Xaa₁-Xaa₄-Cys-Arg-(SEQ ID NO:209) Xaa₁-Ser;Asp-Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Ser-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Asp-Cys-Gly-Ala-Asn-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-(SEQ ID NO:210) Cys-Gly;Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Gln-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Arg-Xaa₃-Xaa₂-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:211) Ser;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ala-Gly-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Ile-Cys; (SEQID NO:212)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys-Asn-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Asp-Xaa₄-Cys; (SEQID NO:213)Xaa₁-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-Ser-Val-Gly-His-Gln-Asp-Met-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:214) Arg;Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Leu-Val-Asn-His-Leu-Xaa₁-Met-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:215)Arg-Asp-Xaa₅-Cys-Cys-Phe-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Gln-Ile-(SEQ ID NO:216) Cys;Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys-Xaa₃-Arg-Leu-His-Ser-Leu-Ala-Cys-Thr-Gly-(SEQ ID NO:217) Ile-Val-Asn-Arg;Cys-Cys-Thr-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Leu-Val-Asn-Asn-Ile-Arg-Phe-Cys-Gly; (SEQID NO:218)Asp-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asp-Xaa₅-Arg-Cys-His-Gly-Asn-Asn-Arg-Asp-His-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:219) Ala;Asp-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Leu-Cys-Arg-Leu-Phe-Val-Xaa₅-Gly-Leu-Cys-Ile;(SEQ ID NO:220)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Xaa₂-Val-Arg-Xaa₄-Xaa₅-Asp-Leu-Cys-Arg;(SEQ ID NO:221)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Ile-Cys; (SEQID NO:222)Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Xaa₂-Val-Arg-Xaa₄-Ser-Asp-Met-Cys; (SEQID NO:223)Gly-Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Xaa₂-Val-His-Phe-Xaa₅-His-Ser-Cys;(SEQ ID NO:224)Val-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-His-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Leu-Cys-Arg-(SEQ ID NO:225) Arg-Arg-Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Val-Cys-Asn-Leu-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Gln-Ile-Cys-Arg;(SEQ ID NO:226)Xaa₆-Xaa₁-Cys-Cys-Ser-His-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Asn-Val-Asp-His-Xaa₅-Xaa₁-Ile-(SEQ ID NO:227) Cys-Arg;Gly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Leu-Val-Asn-His-Ile-Arg-Phe-Cys-Gly;(SEQ ID NO:228)Asp-Cys-Cys-Asp-Asp-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Thr-Val-Asn-Asn-Xaa₅-Gly-Leu-Cys-Thr;(SEQ ID NO:229) andGly-Cys-Cys-Ser-Asn-Xaa₅-Xaa₅-Cys-Ile-Ala-Xaa₂-Asn-Xaa₅-His-Met-Cys-Gly-(SEQ ID NO:230) Gly-Arg-Arg,

wherein Xaa₁ is Glu or γ-carboxy-Glu (Gla); Xaa₂ is Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys or N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys; Xaa₃ is Trp (D or L), halo-Trpor neo-Trp; Xaa₄ is Tyr, nor-Tyr, mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr,O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr or nitro-Tyr; and Xaa₅ is Pro orhydroxy-Pro; Xaa₆ is Gln or pyro-Glu; and the C-terminus contains acarboxyl or amide group, or derivatives thereof.
 20. The isolatedα-conotoxin peptide of claim 19, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys.
 21. The isolatedα-conotoxin peptide of claim 19, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu.
 22. The isolatedα-conotoxin peptide of claim 19, wherein Xaa₃ is Trp.
 23. The isolatedα-conotoxin peptide of claim 19, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr.
 24. The isolatedα-conotoxin peptide of claim 19, wherein Xaa₄ is mono-iodo-Tyr.
 25. Theisolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim 19, wherein Xaa₄ is di-iodo-Tyr.26. The isolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim 18, which is modified tocontain an O-glycan, an S-glycan or an N-glycan.
 27. The isolatedα-conotoxin peptide of claim 19 which is modified to contain anO-glycan, an S-glycan or an N-glycan.
 28. An isolated α-conotoxinpeptide seleceted from the group consisting of:Cys-Cys-Thr-Ile-Xaa₅-Ser-Cys-Xaa₄-Xaa₁-Xaa₂-Xaa₂-Xaa₂-Ile-Xaa₂-Ala-Cys-(SEQ ID NO:231) and Val-PheGly-Cys-Cys-Gly-Asn-Xaa₅-Ala-Cys-Ser-Gly-Ser-Ser-Xaa₂-Asp-Ala-Xaa₅-Ser-(SEQ ID NO:232) Cys,

wherein Xaa₁ is Glu or γ-carboxy-Glu (Gla); Xaa₂ is Lys, N-methyl-Lys,N,N-dimethyl-Lys or N,N,N-trimethyl-Lys; Xaa₄ is Tyr, nor-Tyr,mono-halo-Tyr, di-halo-Tyr, O-sulpho-Tyr, O-phospho-Tyr or nitro-Tyr;and Xaa₅ is Pro or hydroxy-Pro; and the C-terminus contains a carboxylor amide group, or derivatives thereof.
 29. The isolated α-conotoxinpeptide of claim 28, wherein Xaa₂ is Lys.
 30. The isolated α-conotoxinpeptide of claim 28, wherein Xaa₁ is Glu.
 31. The isolated α-conotoxinpeptide of claim 28, wherein Xaa₄ is Tyr.
 32. The isolated α-conotoxinpeptide of claim 28, wherein Xaa₄ is mono-iodo-Tyr.
 33. The isolatedα-conotoxin peptide of claim 28, wherein Xaa₄ is di-iodo-Tyr.
 34. Theisolated α-conotoxin peptide of claim 28, which is modified to containan O-glycan, an S-glycan or an N-glycan.
 35. An isolated nucleic acidcomprising a nucleic acid coding for an α-conotoxin precursor comprisingan amino acid sequence selected from the group of amino acid sequencesset forth in Tables 1-134.
 36. The nucleic acid of claim 35 wherein thenucleic acid comprises a nucleotide sequence selected from the group ofnucleotide sequences set forth in Tables 1-134 or their complements. 37.An isolated α-conotoxin protein precursor comprising an amino acidsequence selected from the group of amino acid sequences set forth inTables 1-134.